Indian Constitution : Schedules

Schedules of Indian Constitution

In Indian constitution there are 12 Schedules and 22 parts.

This schedule deals with 28 States and 7 Union Territories with their territorial Jurisdiction.

This schedule deals with the salary, allowance, emoluments and privileges of the Chairman and the Deputy Chairman of the Rajyasabha, the President, the Speaker and Deputy Speaker of Lok Sabha, the judges of the High Courts and Supreme Courts, the CAG, the Governors of states, the Speaker and Deputy Speaker of the Legislative Assemblies in States.

It deals with the forms of Oath and affirmation of the union and state ministers, the CAG, members of the Parliament, Judges of the Supreme Court and High Court, and members of the State Legislatures.

It deals with allocation of seats of states and Union Territories in Rajyasabha.

It deals with the Administration and control of the scheduled areas and scheduled Tribes.

It deals with the Administration of the tribal areas of Assam, Meghalaya, Tripura and Mizoram.

It deals with the distribution of Power between the Union and States Government in terms of Union, state and Concurrent List.

It deals with the description of 22 languages recognized by the constitution. Originally it had 14 languages.
Presently it has 22 languages: Assamese, Bengali, Gujarati, Hindi, Kannada, Kashmiri, Malayalam, Marathi, Oriya, Punjabi, Sanskrit, Sindhi, Tamil, Telugu, Urdu, Konkani, Manipuri, Nepali, Maithili, Santali, Dogri, and Bodo.
By the 21st Amendment Act of 1964 Sindhi was added to this Schedule.
Konkani, Manipuri and Nepali were added to it by 71st Amendment Act of 1992.
Maithili, Santali, Dogri and Bodo were added by 92nd Amendment Act of 2003.

This schedule was added by 1st Amendment Act of 1951.
This act deals with law reforms and abolition of the Zamindari system.
This schedule was added to protect the laws enlisted within it from judicial scrutiny on the ground of violation of fundamental rights.
After a ruling of SC in 2007 all the laws included in this schedule after 24 April, 1973 are open to judicial review.

This schedule was added by 52nd Amendment Act of 1985.
It is also known as anti-defection Law.
It deals with provisions related to disqualification of the members of Parliament and State Legislatures in case of defection.

This schedule is related to Power, Authority and Responsibilities of Panchayats.
It has 29 matters, and it was added by 73rd Amendment Act of 1992.

This schedule is related to Power, Authority and Responsibility of Municipalities.
It has 18 matters and it was added by 74th Amendment Act of 1992.