November 7, 2024

Constitutional Law 1DU LLBSemester 3

Constitutional Law – I DU LL.B. Semester III Term Paper LB – 301 course contents

by Tabassum Jahan0105

Topic 1 – General

Constitution – Fundamental Law of the Land: Making of the Indian Constitution; Aims and
Objectives; Essential Features of Constitution; Theory of Basic Structure; Principles of
Federalism; Nature of the Indian Constitution – Federal, Unitary, Quasi-federal; Cooperative and
Competitive Federalism; Scheduled and Tribal Areas

  1. Kesavananda Bharati v. State of Kerala AIR 1973 SC 1461
  2. S. R. Bommaiv.Union of India 1994 (3) SCC 1
  3. State of West Bengal v. Union of India AIR 1963 SC 1241
  4. Rai Sahib Ram Jawaya Kapur v. State of Punjab(1955) 2 SCR 225
  5. Kuldip Nayar v. Union of India 2006 (7) SCC 1
  6. State of Haryana v. State of Punjab 2002 (2) SCC 507
  7. I.R. Coelho v. State of Tamil Nadu

Topic 2 – The Union and its Territory
Power to cede Indian territory to a Foreign Nation; Power to create/extinguish a state;
Alteration of name, area and boundary of existing states – Procedure (Articles 1 – 4)

  1. In Re Berubari Union and Exchange of Enclaves AIR 1960 SC 845
  2. Ram Kishore Sen v. Union of India AIR 1966 SC 644
  3. Union of India v. Sukumar Sengupta 1990 Supp SCC 545
  4. N. M. Sahib v. Chief Comnr. Pondicherry AIR 1962 SC 797
  5. R. C. Poudyal v. Union of India 1994 Supp (1) SCC 324
  6. Babulal Parate v. State of Bombay AIR 1960 SC 51

Topic 3 – The Union and the State Executives


a) The President and Vice President – Qualifications, Election, Term of Office, Powers,
Impeachment (Articles 52-72); Governor – Appointment – Term of Office – Removal
and Powers (Articles 153 – 161)
b) Nature, Scope and Extent of Executive Powers of the Union and States (Article 73,
162)
c) Union Council of Ministers – Powers and Position of the President (Articles 74-75);
State Council of Ministers (Articles 163-164); Relationship of the President/Governor
with the Council of Ministers; Scope and Extent of Judicial Review of Executive
Actions (Articles 74, 75,77,78,111,102, 103(2), 217(3), 163)

  1. B.P. Singhal v. Union of India (2010) 6 SCC 331
  2. U. N. R. Rao v. Indira Gandhi (1971) 2 SCC 63 66
  3. S.P. Anand v. H.D. Deve Gowda (1996) 6 SCC 734 69
  4. Samsher Singh v. State of Punjab (1974) 2 SCC 831 75
  5. M.P. Spl. Police Estab. v. State of M.P (2004) 8 SCC 788 89
  6. State (NCT of Delhi) v. Union of India (2018) 8 SCC 501 99
  7. Epuru Sudhakar v. Govt. of A.P

Topic 4 – Parliament and State Legislatures
Composition of Parliament and State legislatures; Qualification/Disqualification of Members;
Legislative Procedure, Legislative Privilege (Articles 79 – 122, 168 – 212)

  1. S.P. Anand v. H.D. Deve Gowda, (1996) 6 SCC 734
  2. B. R. Kapur v. State of Tamil Nadu (2001) 7 SCC 231
  3. Lily Thomas v. Union of India (2013) 7 SCC 653.
  4. Lok Prahari (through General Secretary SN Shukla)
    v. Election Commission of India
    (2018)18 SCC 144
  5. Special Reference No. 1 of 2002 (Re Gujarat
    Assembly Election Matter)
    (2002) 8 SCC 237
  6. Anil Kumar Jha v. Union of India (2005) 3 SCC 150
  7. Jaya Bachchan v. Union of India (2006) 5 SCC 266
  8. Consumer Education and Research Society v. Union
    of India & Ors.
    (2009) 9 SCC 648
  9. In re Keshav Singh AIR 1965 SC 745
  10. Raja Ram Pal v. Hon’ble Speaker, Lok Sabha (2007) 3 SCC 184

Topic 5 – Legislative Power of the Executive (Ordinances)
Essential conditions for promulgation of an Ordinance: ‘Ordinance’ under Article 13;
Judicial Review; Validity of successive promulgation of the same Ordinance (Articles 123,
213

  1. D. C. Wadhwa v. State of Bihar (1987) 1 SCC 378
  2. A. K. Roy v. Union of India (1982) 1 SCC 271
  3. Krishna Kumar Singh v. State of Bihar (2017) 3 SCC 1

Topic 6 – Union and State Judiciary
Part-I Composition, Appointment, Removal and Jurisdiction
a) The Union Judiciary: the Supreme Court of India (Articles 124-147); Composition,
Appointment and Removal of Judges (Articles 124-130); Procedure (Article 145); the
High Courts in the States (Articles 214-231)

  1. Union of India v. Sankalchand Himatlal Sheth (1997) 4 SCC 193
  2. S. P. Gupta v. President of India (1981) Supp SCC 87 176
  3. SC Advocates on Record Association v. UOI (1993) 4 SCC 441
  4. In re Special Reference No. 1 of 1998 (1998) 7 SCC 739
  1. SC Adv. on Record Association v. Union of India 2016 (5) SCC 1 213
  2. Shanti Bhushan v. Supreme Court of India through
    its Registrar
    (2018) 8 SCC 396
  3. National Judicial Appointment Commission

b) Jurisdiction of Supreme Court: Original Exclusive (Articles 71, 131), OriginalConcurrent
Jurisdiction of Supreme Court and High Courts (Articles 32, 226).

c) Appellate Jurisdiction of Supreme Court: Civil, Criminal and in other matters
(Articles.132-135); Enlargement of Jurisdiction (Article 138); Binding nature of the law
declared by the Supreme Court, enforcement of decrees and orders, (Articles 141 and 142)

d) Special Leave to Appeal (Article 136)

e) Power of Review (Article 137)

  1. L. Chandra Kumar v. Union of India (1997) 3 SCC 261 245
  2. Madras Bar Association v. Union of India (2014) 10 SCC 1
  3. Mohd. Arif v. The Reg. Supreme Court of India (2014) 9 SCC 737

    f) Advisory Jurisdiction (Article 143)

    g) Curative Petition44.
  4. Rupa Ashok Hurra v. Ashok Hurra (2002) 4 SCC 38845
  5. Zakarius Lakra v. Union of India (2005) 3 SCC 161

h) Writs – habeas corpus, mandamus, prohibition, quo warranto and certiorari

Part-II Procedural requirements and innovations

a) Judicial Activism and overreach/self-restraint, Locus Standi, Laches, Res Judicata,
Exhaustion of Alternative Remedies and Public Interest Litigation – PIL (Concept of pro
bono public)

46. Daryao v. State of UP AIR 1961 SC
1457
47. Trilokchand Motichand v. H.B. Munshi (1969)1 SCC 110
48. Bandhua Mukti Morcha v. Union of India (1984) 3 SCC 161

b) Power to issue appropriate orders and directions; Power to award Compensation
49. Rudul Sah v. State of Bihar AIR 1983 SC 1086
50. M.C. Mehta v. Union of India AIR 1987 SC 1086

Topic 7 – Distribution of Legislative Powers
Articles 245 – 255, Schedule VII
a) Doctrine of Territorial Nexus (Article 245)

  1. Tata Iron & Steel Co. Ltd. v. State of Bihar AIR 1958 SC 452
  2. State of Bombay v. R. M. D. C. AIR 1957 SC 699
  3. State of Bihar v. Charusila Dasi AIR1959 SC 1002 252
  4. G.V.K. Industries v. Income Tax Officer (2011) 4 SCC 36

b) Subject-matter of laws made by Parliament/Legislatures of States; Position of Union
Territories (Article 246)
c) Interpretation of legislative lists:

  • -Plenary and Ancillary Power of Legislation
  • -Effect of Non Obstante Clause
  • -Doctrine of Harmonious Construction
  1. In Re C P & Berar Sales of Motor Spirit &
    Lubricants Taxation Act,1938
    AIR 1939 FC 1 271
  2. Gujarat University v. Krishna Ranganath
    Mudholkar
    AIR 1963 SC 703
  • *Doctrine of Pith and Substance
  1. Prafulla Kumar v. Bank of Commerce, Khulna AIR 1947 PC 60 293
  2. State of Rajasthan v. G. Chawla AIR1959 SC 544 300
  3. State of Karnataka v. Drive-in Enterprises (2001) 4 SCC 60 304
  • *Colourable Exercise of Legislative Power
  1. K.C. Gajapati Narayan Deo v. State of
    Orissa
    AIR 1953 SC375 309

    d) Residuary Power of Legislation (Article 248)
  2. Union of India v. H. S. Dhillon (1971) 2 SCC 779

e) Parliament’s Power to Legislate in List II (State List) – (Articles 246 (4), 247, 249-253,
352, 356)
f) Doctrine of Repugnancy (Article 254)

  1. Zaverbhai v. State of Bombay AIR 1954 SC 752 336
  2. Hoechst Pharmaceuticals Ltd. v. State of Bihar (1983) 4 SCC 45 342
  3. Vijay Kr Sharma v. State of Karnataka (1990) 2 SCC 562
  4. State of Kerala v. Mar Appraem Kuri Company Ltd. (2012) 7 SCC 106

Topic 8 – Freedom of Trade, Commerce and Intercourse
Concept of trade and commerce; scope of freedom of trade, commerce and intercourse; fiscal
measures; direct and immediate restrictions; regulatory measures; compensatory taxes;
restrictions on trade, commerce and intercourse among states, power of Parliament and state
legislatures; state monopoly (Articles 301-307)

  1. G.K. Krishnan v. State of Tamil Nadu (1975) 1 SCC 375
  2. Shree Mahavir Oil Mills v. State of J. & K. (1996) 11 SCC 39 357
  3. Jindal Stainless Ltd. v. State of Haryana (2017) 12 SCC 1

Topic 9 – Emergency Provisions
a) Proclamation of Emergency on grounds of war, external aggression and armed
rebellion (Articles 352, 358, 359)
b) Power of Union Executive to issue directions (e.g. Articles 256, 257) and the effect of
non-compliance (Article 365); Duty of the Union to protect the States against external
aggression and internal disturbance (Article 355)
c) Imposition of President’s Rule in States – Grounds, Limitations, Parliamentary Control,
Judicial Review (Articles 356-357)
d) Financial Emergency (Article 360)

  1. State of Rajasthan v. Union of India, (1977) 3 SCC 592
  2. S. R. Bommai v. Union of India, (1994) 3 SCC 1
  3. Rameshwar Prasad v. Union of India, (2006) 2 SCC 1

Tabassum is a law scholar at Faculty of law Delhi University. She loves playing outdoor games

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