PARTS IN INDIAN CONSTITUTION

Added and Omitted

parts of indian constitution

The original text of the Indian Constitution consisted of 22 parts and in the subsequent years 4 parts were added, namely, Part IV A – Fundamental Duties , IXA – The Municipalities, IXB – The Co-operative Societies, XIVA – Tribunals after amendments, one, namely – Part IXB – The Co-operative Societies –rejected by apex court -2021 & original  Part IX was omitted from constitution via (Seventh Amendment) Act, 1956  currently, it contains 25 parts. The 25 parts of the Indian Constitution are tabled below:

Parts Contents

No. Parts and  Connected Subject Articles
1 Part I – The Union and its Territories 1 – 4
2 Part II – Citizenship 5 -11
3 Part III – Fundamental Rights 12 – 35
4 Part IV – Directive Principles of State Policy 36 – 51
5 Part IV A – Fundamental Duties 51A
6 Part V – The Union 52 – 151
7 Part VI – The States 152 – 237
8 Part VII – The States in Part B of First Schedule 238 [Repealed]
9 Part VIII – The Union Territories 239 – 242
10 Part IX – The Panchayats 243 – 243O
11 Part IXA – The Municipalities 243P – 243ZG
  Part IXB – The Co-operative Societies –rejected by apex court -2021 243ZH – 243ZT
12 Part X – The Scheduled and Tribal Areas 244 – 244A
13 Part XI – Relation between the Union and the States 245 – 263
14 Part XII – Finance, Property, Contracts and Suits 264 – 300A
15 Part XIII – Trade, Commerce and Intercourse within the territory of India 301 – 307
16 Part XIV – Services Under the Union and the States 308 – 323
17 Part XIVA – Tribunals 323A – 323B
18 Part XV – Elections 324 – 329A
19 Part XVI – Special provisions relating to certain classes 330 – 342
20 Part XVII – Official language 343 – 351
21 Part XVIII – Emergency Provisions 352 – 360
22 Part XIX – Miscellaneous 361 – 367
23 Part XX – Amendment of the Constitution 368
24 Part XXI – Temporary, Transitional and Special Provisions 369 – 392
25 Part XXII – Short Title, Commencement, Authoritative Text in Hindi and Repeals 393 – 395

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