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Laxmikanth (Polity)

Laxmikanth Polity: Per-Chapter Digests (CAPF), Index

Index to the original chapter-by-chapter Indian Polity study digests, calibrated to the CAPF level with Article numbers, dates, amendments and a security and human-rights overlay

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Laxmikanth Ch 1: Historical Background (CAPF Digest)

Original digest of the Company and Crown statutes from the Regulating Act 1773 to the Indian Independence Act 1947, with the features each carried into the present Constitution

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Laxmikanth Ch 10: Amendment of the Constitution (CAPF Digest)

Original digest of Article 368: the three modes of amendment, the procedure, and the high-yield amendment Acts the CAPF examiner tests

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Laxmikanth Ch 11: Basic Structure Doctrine (CAPF Digest)

Original digest of the judge-made basic structure doctrine: the chain of cases from Shankari Prasad to Kesavananda and beyond, and the elements held to be basic

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Laxmikanth Ch 12: Parliamentary System (CAPF Digest)

Original digest of the parliamentary form of government: its features, the contrast with the presidential system, and the distinction between nominal and real executive

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Laxmikanth Ch 13: Federal System (CAPF Digest)

Original digest of Indian federalism: the federal and unitary features, why it is quasi-federal with a strong Centre, and the contrast with the United States

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Laxmikanth Ch 14: Centre-State Relations (CAPF Digest)

Original digest of legislative, administrative and financial Centre-State relations, the three lists, and the deployment of central forces in the States

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Laxmikanth Ch 15: Emergency Provisions (CAPF Digest)

Original digest of Articles 352 to 360: National, State (President's Rule) and Financial Emergency, the 44th Amendment safeguards, and the effect on Fundamental Rights

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Laxmikanth Ch 16: President and the Union Executive (CAPF Digest)

Original digest of the Union executive: the President, Vice-President, Prime Minister, Council of Ministers and Attorney General, with their powers, election and tenure

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Laxmikanth Ch 17: Parliament (CAPF Digest)

Original digest of Parliament: the two Houses, composition and tenure, the legislative procedure, Money versus Ordinary Bills, and the devices of parliamentary control

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Laxmikanth Ch 18: The Judiciary (CAPF Digest)

Original digest of the Supreme Court and High Courts: composition, jurisdiction, judicial review and judicial activism, PIL, and the human-rights role of the writ courts

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Laxmikanth Ch 2: Making of the Constitution (CAPF Digest)

Original digest of the Constituent Assembly: its composition under the Cabinet Mission Plan, key dates, committees, and the framing process from 1946 to 1950

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Laxmikanth Ch 3: Salient Features of the Constitution (CAPF Digest)

Original digest of the salient features of the Indian Constitution: lengthiest written charter, federal with unitary bias, parliamentary system, and the borrowed-features table

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Laxmikanth Ch 4: The Preamble (CAPF Digest)

Original digest of the Preamble: its keywords, the 42nd Amendment additions, its status after Berubari and Kesavananda, and whether it is part of the Constitution

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Laxmikanth Ch 5: Union and Its Territory (CAPF Digest)

Original digest of Articles 1 to 4: India as a Union of States, the power to reorganise States, and the milestones of States reorganisation down to 2019

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Laxmikanth Ch 6: Citizenship (CAPF Digest)

Original digest of Articles 5 to 11 and the Citizenship Act 1955: modes of acquiring and losing citizenship, single citizenship, OCI, and the 2019 amendment

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Laxmikanth Ch 7: Fundamental Rights (CAPF Digest)

Original digest of Part III, Articles 12 to 35: the six Fundamental Rights, the five writs, Article 21 jurisprudence, preventive detention, and the human-rights bearing for the CAPFs

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Laxmikanth Ch 8: Directive Principles of State Policy (CAPF Digest)

Original digest of Part IV, Articles 36 to 51: the socialistic, Gandhian and liberal-intellectual classification, the key Articles, and their relationship with Fundamental Rights

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Laxmikanth Ch 9: Fundamental Duties (CAPF Digest)

Original digest of Part IVA, Article 51A: the eleven Fundamental Duties, their origin in the Swaran Singh Committee and the 42nd Amendment, and their non-justiciable status

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