Constitution of India Article 355 : Duty of the Union to protect States against external aggression and internal disturbance : It shall be the duty of the Union to protect every State against external aggression and internal disturbance and to ensure that the Government of…
Constitution of India Article 354 : Application of provisions relating to distribution of revenues while a Proclamation of Emergency is in operation : (1) The President may, while a Proclamation of Emergency is in operation, by order direct that all or any of the provisions…
Constitution of India Article 353 : Effect of Proclamation of Emergency : While a Proclamation of Emergency is in operation, then— (a) notwithstanding anything in this Constitution, the executive power of the Union shall extend to the giving of directions to any State as to…
Constitution of India Part XVIII : Emergency Provisions : Article 352 : Proclamation of Emergency : (1) If the President is satisfied that a grave emergency exists whereby the security of India or of any part of the territory thereof is threatened, whether by war…
Constitution of India Article 351 : Directive for development of the Hindi language : It shall be the duty of the Union to promote the spread of the Hindi language, to develop it so that it may serve as a medium of expression for all…
Constitution of India Article 350B : 1.[Special Officer for linguistic minorities : (1) There shall be a Special Officer for linguistic minorities to be appointed by the President. (2) It shall be the duty of the Special Officer to investigate all matters relating to the…
Constitution of India Article 350A : 1[Facilities for instruction in mother-tongue at primary stage : It shall be the endeavour of every State and of every local authority within the State to provide adequate facilities for instruction in the mother-tongue at the primary stage of…
Constitution of India Chapter IV : Special Directives : Article 350 : Language to be used in representations for redress of grievances : Every person shall be entitled to submit a representation for the redress of any grievance to any officer or authority of the…
Constitution of India Article 349 : Special procedure for enactment of certain laws relating to language : During the period of fifteen years from the commencement of this Constitution, no Bill or amendment making provision for the language to be used for any of the…
Constitution of India Chapter III : Language Of The Supreme Court, High Courts, Etc : Article 348 : Language to be used in the Supreme Court and in the High Courts and for Acts, Bills, etc : (1) Notwithstanding anything in the foregoing provisions of…
Constitution of India Article 347 : Special provision relating to language spoken by a section of the population of a State : On a demand being made in that behalf the President may, if he is satisfied that a substantial proportion of the population of…
Constitution of India Article 346 : Official language for communication between one State and another or between a State and the Union : The language for the time being authorised for use in the Union for official purposes shall be the official language for communication…
Constitution of India Chapter II : Regional Languages : Article 345 : Official language or languages of a State : Subject to the provisions of articles 346 and 347, the Legislature of a State may by law adopt any one or more of the languages…
Constitution of India Article 344 : Commission and Committee of Parliament on official language : (1) The President shall, at the expiration of five years from the commencement of this Constitution and thereafter at the expiration of ten years from such commencement, by order constitute…
Constitution of India Part XVII : Official Language : Chapter I : Language Of The Union : Article 343 : Official language of the Union : (1) The official language of the Union shall be Hindi in Devanagari script. The form of numerals to be…
Constitution of India Article 342A : 1.[Socially and educationally backward classes : (1) The President may with respect to any State or Union territory, and where it is a State, after consultation with the Governor thereof, by public notification, 2.[the socially and educationally backward classes…
Constitution of India Article 342 : Scheduled Tribes : (1) The President 2.[may with respect to any State 1.[or Union territory], and where it is a State 3.(***), after consultation with the Governor 4.(***) thereof,] by public 5.(notification), specify the tribes or tribal communities or…
Constitution of India Article 341 : Scheduled Castes : (1) The President 1.[may with respect to any State 2.[or Union territory], and where it is a State 3(***), after consultation with the Governor 4.(***) thereof,] by public 5.(notification), specify the castes, races or tribes or…
Constitution of India Article 340 : Appointment of a Commission to investigate the conditions of backward classes : (1) The President may by order appoint a Commission consisting of such persons as he thinks fit to investigate the conditions of socially and educationally backward classes…
Constitution of India Article 339 : Control of the Union over the Administration of Scheduled Areas and the welfare of Scheduled Tribes : (1) The President may at any time and shall, at the expiration of ten years from the commencement of this Constitution by…