Constitutional Law of India - 1

General Instructions

Gagan K

Which book to refer

• Mainly three books can be referred:– 1. JN Pandey – 2. VN Shukla– 3. MP Jain

JN Pandey

• Said to be in simple language

• Famous in the Hindi belt / north India

• I feel the book is decent one, but at times disorganised and doesn’t give the final position of law

• Handy when in a hurry

VN Shukla

• A very good book• Very well organised as per the Articles and

topics and sub topics are systematic and not confusing

• No need of keeping a bare Act since the book itself contains the Constitutional text.

• Not too detail, but lays down the law to the right point

• Highly reliable

MP Jain

• Elaborate

• Doesn’t go as per the Articles

• Goes as per the topics that fall under various Articles

• Elaborate and well discussed topics

• At times difficult to find out the exact point we are looking for.

Which one to refer?

• JN Pandey is not recommended.• One can read from MP Jain and VN Shukla. • For emergency situations, VN Shukla is best.• What about Dukkis / Kunjis? They may be good

sometimes. But be careful• Need AIR and Seervai? Not necessary unless

you want to go in dept.• Bare Act is not needed if you are having VN

Shukla

I referred

• I have prepared these slides using both MP Jain and VN Shukla books. I have also referred additional sources here and there.

• For Module 1, I have referred MP Jain fully

• For Module 2, I have referred VN Shukla

Tips

• There are very limited Articles and it is advantageous if you can remember every Article number.

• Case laws are highly important (especially for Module-2). Though you may never be able to remember each and every case, at least remember at least 1 major case in each topic.

• Facts of the case are not important, the “principles” arising out of the cases are important.

• No need to remember the case citations.• At times, even writing the alternative or short name of

the cases can save you. For example: RC Cooper case can also be named as “Banks Nationalisation case”