Constitution of India: List of All Articles (1-395) and Parts (1-22)

 Constitution of India: List of All Articles (1-395) and Parts (1-22)
LAST UPDATED ON JANUARY 26, 2022 BY ALEX ANDREWS GEORGE

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Constitution of India contains 395 articles in 22 parts. Additional articles and parts are inserted later through various amendments. There are also 12 schedules in the Indian Constitution.

Links are given against each Part to understand the purpose and background of each article of the Constitution of India. Titles are mentioned for all articles from 1-395, separated under various parts and chapters. Preamble and Repealed articles or parts are specially mentioned.

Table of Contents

PREAMBLE

PART I: THE UNION AND ITS TERRITORY

PART II: CITIZENSHIP

PART III : FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS

PART IV: DIRECTIVE PRINCIPLES OF STATE POLICY

PART IVA: FUNDAMENTAL DUTIES

PART 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: THE STATES IN PART B OF THE FIRST SCHEDULE

PART VIII: THE UNION TERRITORIES

PART IX: THE PANCHAYATS

PART IXA: THE MUNICIPALITIES

PART IXB: THE CO-OPERATIVE SOCIETIES

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 XIVA: 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

PREAMBLE

WE, THE PEOPLE OF INDIA, having solemnly resolved to constitute India into a SOVEREIGN, SOCIALIST, SECULAR, DEMOCRATIC, REPUBLIC and to secure to all its citizens:

JUSTICE, social, economic and political;constitution of india

LIBERTY of thought, expression, belief, faith and worship;

EQUALITY of status and of opportunity; and to promote among them all

FRATERNITY assuring the dignity of the individual and the unity and integrity of the nation;

IN OUR CONSTITUENT ASSEMBLY this twenty-sixth day of November 1949, do HEREBY ADOPT, ENACT AND GIVE TO OURSELVES THIS CONSTITUTION.

PART I: THE UNION AND ITS TERRITORY

1 Name and territory of the Union.

2 Admission or establishment of new States.

2A [Repealed.]

3 Formation of new States and alteration of areas, boundaries or names of existing States.

4 Laws made under articles 2 and 3 to provide for the amendment of the First and the Fourth Schedules and supplemental, incidental and consequential matters.

PART II: CITIZENSHIP

5 Citizenship at the commencement of the Constitution.

6 Rights of citizenship of certain persons who have migrated to India from Pakistan.

7 Rights of citizenship of certain migrants to Pakistan.

8 Rights of citizenship of certain persons of Indian origin residing outside India.

9 Persons voluntarily acquiring citizenship of a foreign State not to be citizens.

10 Continuance of the rights of citizenship.

11 Parliament to regulate the right of citizenship by law.

PART III : FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS

General

12 Definition.

13 Laws inconsistent with or in derogation of the fundamental rights.

Right to Equality

14 Equality before law.

15 Prohibition of discrimination on grounds of religion, race, caste, sex or place of birth.

16 Equality of opportunity in matters of public employment.

17 Abolition of Untouchability.

18 Abolition of titles.

Right to Freedom

19 Protection of certain rights regarding freedom of speech, etc.

20 Protection in respect of conviction for offences.

21 Protection of life and personal liberty.

21A Right to education

22 Protection against arrest and detention in certain cases.

Right against Exploitation

23 Prohibition of traffic in human beings and forced labour.

24 Prohibition of employment of children in factories, etc.

Right to Freedom of Religion

25 Freedom of conscience and free profession, practice and propagation of religion.

26 Freedom to manage religious affairs.

27 Freedom as to payment of taxes for promotion of any particular religion.

28 Freedom as to attendance at religious instruction or religious worship in certain educational institutions.

Cultural and Educational Rights

29 Protection of interests of minorities.

30 Right of minorities to establish and administer educational institutions.

31 [Repealed.]

Saving of Certain Laws

31A Saving of Laws providing for the acquisition of estates, etc.

31B Validation of certain Acts and Regulations.

31C Saving of laws giving effect to certain directive principles.

31D [Repealed.]

Right to Constitutional Remedies

32 Remedies for enforcement of rights conferred by this Part.

32A [Repealed.]

33 Power of Parliament to modify the rights conferred by this Part in their application to Forces, etc.

34 Restriction on rights conferred by this Part while martial law is in force in any area.

35 Legislation to give effect to the provisions of this Part.