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:

25 Parts of the Indian Constitution

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8	Part VII – The States in Part B of First Schedule	238 [Repealed]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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