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THE CONSTITUTION OF INDIA
236. Interpretation.— In this Chapter—
(a) the expression “district judge” includes judge of a city civil court,
additional district judge, joint district judge, assistant district judge, chief
judge of a small cause court, chief presidency magistrate, additional
chief presidency magistrate, sessions judge, additional sessions judge
and assistant sessions Judge;
(b) the expression “judicial service” means a service consisting
exclusively of persons intended to fill the post of district judge and other
civil judicial posts inferior to the post of district judge.
237. Application of the provisions of this Chapter to certain class or
classes of magistrates.—The Governor may by public notification direct that
the foregoing provisions of this Chapter and any rules made thereunder shall
with effect from such date as may be fixed by him in that behalf apply in
relation to any class or classes of magistrates in the State as they apply in
relation to persons appointed to the judicial service of the State subject to such
exceptions and modifications as may be specified in the notification.
EIGHTH SCHEDULE
[Articles 344(1) and 351]
Languages
1. Assamese.
2. Bengali.
3. Gujarati.
4. Hindi.
5. Kannada.
6. Kashmiri.
7. Malayalam.
8. Marathi.
9. Oriya
10. Punjabi.
11. Sanskrit.
12. Tamil.
13. Telugu.
14. Urdu
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PART I
THE UNION AND ITS TERRITORY
1. Name and territory of the Union.—(1) India, that is Bharat, shall be
a Union of States.
(2) The States and the territories thereof shall be the States and their
territories specified in Parts A, B and C
of the First Schedule.
(3) The territory of India shall comprise—
(a) the territories of the States;
(b) the territories specified in Part D of the First
Schedule ; and
(c) such other territories as may be acquired.
2. Admission or establishment of new States.—Parliament may by law
admit into the Union, or establish, new States on such terms and conditions as it
thinks fit.
3. Formation of new States and alteration of areas, boundaries or
names of existing States.—Parliament may by law—
(a)form a new State by separation of territory from any State or by
uniting two or more States or parts of States or by uniting any territory to
a part of any State;
(b) increase the area of any State;
(c) diminish the area of any State;
(d) alter the boundaries of any State;
(e) alter the name of any State:
Provided that no Bill for the purpose shall be intro-
duced in either House of Parliament except on the recom-
mendation of the President and unless, where the proposal
contained in the Bill affects the boundaries of any State
or States specified in Part A or Part B of the First Schedule
or the name or names of any such State or States, the views
of the Legislature of the State or, as the case may be, of
each of the States both with respect to the proposal to
introduce the Bill and with respect to the provisions thereof
have been ascertained by the President.
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4. Laws made under articles 2 and 3 to provide for the amendment
of the First and the Fourth Schedules and supplemental, incidental and
consequential matters.—(1) Any law referred to in article 2 or article 3 shall
contain such provisions for the amendment of the First Schedule and the Fourth
Schedule as may be necessary to give effect to the provisions of the law and
may also contain such supplemental, incidental and consequential provisions
(including provisions as to representation in Parliament and in the Legislature
or Legislatures of the State or States affected by such law) as Parliament may
deem necessary.
(2) No such law as aforesaid shall be deemed to be an amendment of this
Constitution for the purposes of article 368.