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Parts of the Constitution and What They Deal with              careerSSC

PARTS	SUBJECTS	ARTICLES
I	The Union and its territory	1-4
II	Citizenship	5-11
III	Fundamental Rights	12-35
IV	Directive Principles of State Policy	36-51
IV- A	Fundamental Duties	51-A
V	THE UNION
	The Executive	52-78
	Parliament	79-122
	Legislative Powers of the President	123
	The Union Judiciary	124-147
	Comptroller and Auditor- General of India	148-151
VI	THE STATES
	General (Definition)	152
	The Executive	153-167
	The State Legislature	168-212
	Legislative Powers of the Governor	213
	The High Courts in the States	214-231
	Subordinate Courts	233-237
VIII	The Union Territories	239-241
IX	The Panchayats	243 to 243-0
IX-A	The Municipalities	243-P to 243-ZG
IX-B	The Co-Operative Societies	243-ZH to 243-ZT
X	The Scheduled and Tribal Areas	244 to 244-A
XI	RELATIONS BETWEEN THE UNION AND THE STATES
	Legislative Relations	245-255
	Administrative Relations	256-263
XII	FINANCE, PROPERTY, CONTRACTS AND SUITS
	Finance	264-290
	Borrowing	292-293
	Property, Contracts, Rights, Liabilities, Obligations and Suits	294-300
	Right to Property	300-A
XIII	Trade, Commerce and Intercourse within the territory of India	301-307
XIVcareerssc	SERVICES UNDER THE UNION AND THE STATES
	Services	308-314
	Public Service Commissions	315-323
XIV- A	Tribunals	323-A to 323-B
XV	Elections	324 to 329
XVI	Special Provisions Relating to Certain Classes	330-342
XVII	SSCcareer OFFICIAL LANGUAGE
	Language of the Union	343-344
	Regional Languages	345- 347
	Languages of the Supreme Court, High Courts, etc.	348- 349
	Special Directives	350- 351
XVIII	Emergency Provisions	352-360
XIX	Miscellaneous	361-367
XX	Amendment of the Constitution	368
XXI	Temporary, Transitional and Special Provisions	369-392
XXII	Short Title, Commencement, Authoritative Text in Hindi and Repeals	393-395

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Some Important Articles of the Constitution of India

Let us now look at some of the important articles of the Constitution of India and what they deal with.

ARTICLE	DEALS WITH
1	Name and Territory of Union
3	New States Formation, Alteration of Boundaries etc.
13	Laws inconsistent with or in derogation of the Fundamental Rights
14	Equality before Law (popularly known as Right to Equality)
15	Prohibition of Discrimination (on basis of religion, race, caste, sex or place of birth)
16	Equality in case of Public Employment
17	Abolition of Untouchability
18	Abolition of Titles
19	Protection of Certain Rights to Freedom (popularly known as Right to Freedom)
19a	Freedom of Speech & Expression
19b	Right to Peaceful Assembly
19c	Freedom of Association
19d	Right to Move Freely through India
19e	Freedom of Settlement & Residence
19f	(Omitted as a fundamental right – governed by article 300A.) Right to Own Personal Property.
19g	Freedom to Practise any Profession, Occupation, Trade or Business
21	Right to Life and Personal Liberty
21A	Right to Education
23	Prohibition of Human Trafficking and Forced Labour
24	Prohibition of Child Labour
25	Freedom to Practise & Propagate Religion Freely
29	Protection of Interests of Minorities
32	Remedies for enforcement of Fundamental Rights including writs
44	Uniform Civil Code
50	Separation of Judiciary from Executive
51	Promotion of International Peace and Security
51A	Fundamental Duties
72	Powers of President to Grant Pardons etc.
76	Attorney-General of India
78	Duties of Prime Minister
85	Sessions of Parliament, Prorogation and Dissolution
93	The Speaker & Deputy Speaker of Lok Sabha
100	Voting in Houses
105	Powers, Privileges etc. of Members of Parliament
106	Salaries and Allowances of Members of Parliament
108	Joint Sitting of both Houses of Parliament
109-110	Money Bills
112	Budget
123	President’s Power to Promulgate Ordinance while Parliament in Recess
127	Appointment of ad hoc Judges in the Supreme Court
139	Supreme Court’s Powers to Issue Certain Writs
141	Supreme Court’s Law Binding on All Courts
148-149	Comptroller and Auditor-General of India
155	Appointment of Governor
161	Power of Governors to Grant Pardon etc.
165	Advocate-General for the State
167	Duties of Chief Minister
224	Appointment of Additional & Acting Judges in High Courts
224A	Appointment of Retired Judges in High Courts
226	Power of High Courts to issue writs
280	Finance Commission
312	All India Services
324	Election Commission
335	SCs and STs claim to Services and Posts
343	Official Language
352	National Emergency
356	President’s Rule in case of Failure of Constitutional Machinery in States
360	Financial Emergency
368	Power of Parliament to Amend the Constitution
370	Temporary provisions with respect to the state of Jammu and Kashmir