Unit 1 of Constitutional Law – I (syllabus: Module 1 — constitutionalism and rule of law; East India Company and Crown rule; the freedom struggle to the Indian Independence Act 1947; the Constituent Assembly; the Preamble; salient features; Part II and the Citizenship Act 1955). Below: what the unit covers, the provisions it turns on, and the cases an examiner expects you to name.
Full case summaries
- Kesavananda Bharati v State of Kerala (Supreme Court, 1973) — Parliament may amend any provision, but not the basic structure
- In re Berubari Union (Supreme Court, 1960) — the Preamble is a key, not a source of power; territory is ceded by amendment, not by an Article 3 law
- S.R. Bommai v Union of India (Supreme Court, 1994) — the Preamble's strong Centre, the federal character, and the limits on President's rule