UNIQUE SERIES AKTU Syllabus
BMBAI307

Indian Constitution

L-T-P3-0-3 Credits3 Session2025-26 TypeTheory
Appears in 1 semester

MBA Integrated · Sem 3 (Core)

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Syllabus

5 units · 40 lecture hours
Unit1

Unit 1

8 hrs

Indian Constitution Necessity of the Constitution, Societies before and after the Constitution adoption. Introduction to the Indian Constitution, Making of the Constitution, Role of the Constituent Assembly. Philosophy of the Constitution.

Unit2

Unit 2

8 hrs

Important Features of the Indian Constitution Amendments, Role of Convention under the Constitution. Fundamental Rights (FR’s) and its Restriction and limitations in different Complex Situations. Fundamental Duties; Constitutional Remedies, Parliamentary Supremacy and Judicial Review. Federal Structure.

Unit3

Unit 3

8 hrs

Territory of the Union and Administration Citizenship; Rights, privileges and responsibilities. Directive Principles of State Policy (DPSP’s) and its present relevance in Indian society. Fundamental Duties and its Scope and significance in Nation, Union Executive: Parliamentary System, Union Executive – President, Prime Minister, Union Cabinet

Unit4

Unit 4

8 hrs

Union Legislative Structure Parliament – Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha, Parliamentary Committees, Important Parliamentary Terminologies. Judicial System of India, Supreme Court of India and other Courts, Judicial Reviews and Judicial Activism. State Executive and State Legislature.

Unit5

Unit 5

8 hrs
  • State Legislative Structure
  • State Executive and Governor, CM, State Cabinet, Legislature - VS & VP, Election Commission, Elections & Electoral Process. Amendment to Constitution, and Important Constitutional Amendments till today. Emergency Provisions.
Course Objectives3 points
  • To know about the basic structure of the Indian Constitution.
  • To know the Fundamental Rights (FR’s), Directive Principles of State Policy and Fundamental Duties (FD’s) of our constitution
  • To know about our legislative and executive systems of India.
Course Outcomes (COs)5 outcomes

After completion of the course student will be able to:

  1. CO1Understand the necessity, evolution, and significance of the Indian Constitution along with the role of the Constituent Assembly and constitutional philosophy.K1, K2 (Remembering, Understanding)
  2. CO2Analyze the key features of the Constitution, including fundamental rights and duties, constitutional remedies, amendments, and the balance between parliamentary supremacy and judicial review.K1, K2, K4 (Remembering, Understanding, Analyzing)
  3. CO3Describe the Union’s territorial framework, citizenship rights and responsibilities, and evaluate the significance of Directive Principles of State Policy and the Union Executive system.K1, K2, K5 (Remembering, Understanding, Evaluating)
  4. CO4Understand the structure and functioning of the Indian Parliament and Judiciary, including legislative procedures, committees, judicial review, and activism.K1, K2, K4 (Remembering, Understanding, Analyzing)
  5. CO5Analyze the state legislative and executive structures, electoral processes, the role of the Election Commission, and the constitutional amendment and emergency provisions.K1, K2, K4 (Remembering, Understanding, Analyzing)

Suggested Readings

  1. Introduction to the Constitution of India, (Students Edition.) by Durga Das Basu (DD Basu): Prentice – Hall.
  2. Constitution of India, Professional Ethics and Human Rights by Shubham Singles, Charles E. Haries, and et al: published by Cengage Learning India, Latest Edition.
  3. The Constitution of India by Merunandan K B: published by Merugu Publication, Second Edition, Bengaluru.
  4. Samvidhana Odu - for Students & Youths by Justice HN Nagamohan Dhas, Sahayana, kerekon.
  5. M.Govindarajan, S. Natarajan, V.S. Senthilkumar, “Engineering Ethics”, Prentice –Hall

Official AKTU syllabus

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