<p>Chakravarti&rsquo;s Words and Phrases are culled out of their uses in the Constitution of India. Words and phrases assume colour and meaning according to the context and circumstances in which they are used. Judicial authorities in India, during the last fifty-three years or so, had chiselled to sculpture our basic document of fundamental charter by such construction and interpretation of the words and phrases therein as to incorporate the impress of different doctrines, theories, principles and propositions of law in the realm; this has already made its mark as a guide to this world of meaning.</p>

<p>The second edition delves into the words and phrases in the specialised context of their use in the Constitution with an added advantage. It has drawn upon the new coinages consequent on the amendments to the Constitution in the meantime. It is also enriched by the latest judicial pronouncements of the Supreme Court of India as well as the High Courts that add new dimension to the scope and meaning of the words and phrases used. Thus the present edition contains inter alia new chapters on: Fundamental Rights; Rights of migrants; Free legal aids; Abolition of untouchability; Village Panchayat; Uniform Civil Code; Right to education; Living wages. The book commends itself as a useful companion to all readers who have to turn to the Constitution of India for various purposes and particularly the lawyers, judges, teaching institutions and defenders of justice who may try to discover new alleys for application of the constitutional safeguards and other provisions.</p>
