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Polity and Constitution
State executive and legislature (Part VI, Chapters I to IV)
Governor: powers, discretion, assent and ordinances
State ordinance differences
Specified State ordinances require presidential instructions

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Polity and Constitution

Constitutional framework
Fundamental Rights and constitutional remedies
Directive Principles and Fundamental Duties
Union executive (Part V, Chapter I and III)
Parliament (Part V, Chapter II)
Judiciary (Part V Chapter IV; Part VI Chapters V and VI)
State executive and legislature (Part VI, Chapters I to IV)
Union territories, Scheduled and Tribal Areas, special States, classes and language
Union-State relations and emergency provisions (Parts XI to XIII, XVIII)
Services, Public Service Commissions and tribunals (Parts XIV, XIVA)
Elections, electoral law and political parties (Part XV, RPA, Tenth Schedule)
Local government (Parts IX, IXA, IXB)
Amendment, basic structure, landmark judgments and doctrines (Part XX)
Constitutional bodies not covered elsewhere
Statutory, regulatory and quasi-judicial bodies
Governance, public policy and rights issues
Protective laws for vulnerable groups
Child protection and juvenile justice
Workplace sexual-harassment protection
Comparing constitutional systems
Pressure groups and political associations

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