Subtitle: Containing an enlarged volume on a wider format Shorter Constitution of India alongwith the changes made by Constitution Amendment Acts, upto the 83rd Amendment incorporated in the body of this book. All notable decisions of the Supreme Court reported upto October 2000, as for as possible, have been cited in this edition.

Includes index.

Contents:
Part I - The Union and its Territory
Part II - Citizenship
Part III - Fundamental Rights
Part IV - Directive Principles of State Policy
Part IV A - Fundamental Duties
Party V - The Union
Chapter I - The Executive
Chapter II - Parliament
Chapter III - Legislative Powers of the President
Chapter IV - The Union Judiciary
Chapter V - Comptroller and Auditor-General of India
Part VI - The States
Chapter I - General
Chapter II - The Executive
Chapter III - THE State Legislature
Chapter IV - Legislative Power of the Governor
Chapter V - The High Courts in the States
Chapter VI - Subordinate Courts
Part VII - Art. 238 Omitted by the Constitution (7th Amendment) Act 1056
Part VIII - The Union Territories
Part IX - The Panchayats
Part IX A - The Municipalities
Part X - The Scheduled and Tribal Areas
Part XI - Relations between the Union and the States
Chapter I - Legislative Relations
Chapter II - Administrative Relations
Part XII - Finance, Property, Contracts and Suits
Chapter I - Finance
Chapter II - Borrowing
Chapter III - Property, Contracts, Rights, Liabilities, Obligations and Suits
Chapter IV - Right to Property
Part XIII - Trade, Commerce and Intercourse within the Territory of India
Part XIV - Services under the Union and the States
Chapter I - Services
Chapter II - Public Service Commissions
Part XIV A - Tribunals
Part XV. - Elections
Part XVI - Special Provisions Relating to Certain Classes
Part XVII - Official Language
Chapter I - Language of the Union
Chapter II - Regional Languages
Chapter III - Language of the Supreme Court, High Courts, Etc.
Chapter IV - Special Directives
Part XVIII - Emergency Provisions
Part XIX - Miscellaneous
Part XX - Amendment of the Constitution
Part XXI - Temporary, Transitional and Special Provisions
Part XXII - Short Title, Commencement, Authoritative Text in Hindi and Repeals
Schedule
Appendices
Appendix I - Excerpts from the Constitution (Forty-Fourth Amendment) Act, 1978
Appendix II - The Sixth Schedule to the Constitution (Amendment) Act, 1995
Appendix III - The National Commission for Minorities Act, 1992
Appendix IV - The National Commission for Women Act, 1990
Appendix V - The National Commission for Backward Classes Act, 1993
Appendix VI - The Protection of Human Rights Act, 1993
Appendix VII - The National Commission for SAFAI KARAMCHARIS Act, 1993