constitution and professional ethics

1. CONSTITUTION OF INDIA,
PROFESSIONAL ETHICS AND CYBER
LAW (CPC)
18CPC49

2.  Number of Lecture : 01 Hours /Week
 IA Marks: 40 (30 +10)
 Exam Marks :60
 Exam duration : 2 hrs

3. COURSE LEARNING OBJECTIVES:
know the fundamental political codes, structure, procedures,
powers, and duties of Indian government institutions, fundamental
rights, directive principles, and the duties of citizens
Understand engineering ethics and their responsibilities; identify
their individual roles and ethical responsibilities towards society.
Know about the cybercrimes and cyber laws for cyber safety
measures.

4. MODULE-1 INTRODUCTION TO INDIAN
CONSTITUTION:
The Necessity of the Constitution, The Societies before and after the
Constitution adoption. Introduction to the Indian constitution, The
Making of the Constitution, The Role of the Constituent Assembly -
Preamble and Salient features of the Constitution of India.
Fundamental Rights and its Restriction and limitations in different
Complex Situations. Directive Principles of State Policy (DPSP) and its
present relevance in our society with examples. Fundamental Duties
and its Scope and significance in Nation building.

5. MODULE-2 UNION EXECUTIVE AND
STATE EXECUTIVE:
Parliamentary System, Federal System, Centre-State Relations.
Union Executive – President, Prime Minister, Union Cabinet,
Parliament - LS and RS, Parliamentary Committees, Important
Parliamentary Terminologies. Supreme Court of India, Judicial
Reviews and Judicial Activism. State Executives – Governor, Chief
Minister, State Cabinet, State Legislature, High Court and
Subordinate Courts, Special Provisions (Articles 370.371,371J) for
some States.

6. MODULE-3 ELECTIONS, AMENDMENTS
AND EMERGENCY PROVISIONS:
Elections, Electoral Process, and Election Commission of India,
Election Laws. Amendments - Methods in Constitutional
Amendments (How and Why) and Important Constitutional
Amendments. Amendments – 7,9,10,12,42,44, 61, 73,74,75, 86, and
91,94,95,100,101,118 and some important Case Studies. Emergency
Provisions, types of Emergencies and its consequences.
Constitutional special provisions: Special Provisions for SC and ST,
OBC, Women, Children and Backward Classes.

7. MODULE-4 PROFESSIONAL / ENGINEERING
ETHICS:
Scope & Aims of Engineering & Professional Ethics - Business Ethics,
Corporate Ethics, Personal Ethics. Engineering and Professionalism,
Positive and Negative Faces of Engineering Ethics, Code of Ethics as
defined in the website of Institution of Engineers (India): Profession,
Professionalism, and Professional Responsibility. Page 21 of 121
Clash of Ethics, Conflicts of Interest. Responsibilities in Engineering
Responsibilities in Engineering and Engineering Standards, the
impediments to Responsibility. Trust and Reliability in Engineering,
IPRs (Intellectual Property Rights), Risks, Safety and liability in
Engineering

8. MODULE-5 INTERNET LAWS, CYBER
CRIMES AND CYBER LAWS:
Internet and Need for Cyber Laws, Modes of Regulation of Internet,
Types of cyber terror capability, Net neutrality, Types of Cyber
Crimes, India and cyber law, Cyber Crimes and the information
Technology Act 2000, Internet Censorship. Cybercrimes and
enforcement agencies.

9. COURSE OUTCOMES:
CO 1: Have constitutional knowledge and legal literacy.
CO 2: Understand Engineering and Professional ethics and
responsibilities of Engineers.
CO 3: Understand the cybercrimes and cyber laws for cyber safety
measures.

10. TEXTBOOKS
Constitution of India, Professional Ethics and Human Rights
Shubham Singles, Charles E. Haries, and et al
Cyber Security and Cyber Laws
Alfred Basta and et al

11. CONSTITUTION

12.  In 1946, the British decided to examine the possibility of granting independence to India. As a
result, a British cabinet mission was despatched to India to
 (1) hold discussions with the representatives of British India and the Indian States in order to
agree on the framework for writing a constitution, and
 (2), set up a constituent body and an executive council. Following this mission and the ensuing
negotiations, a Constituent Assembly was indirectly elected by the provincial legislatures
comprising 278 representatives and 15 women.
 Parties represented in the CA were the Congress Party which had a majority, Muslim League,
Scheduled Caste Federation, the Indian Communist Party and the Union Party.
 The CA met for the first time in December 1946 and by November 1949 the draft constitution
was approved.
 The constitution went into effect in January 1950 and the CA was transformed into a Provisional
Parliament.

13.  The Constitution has been amended over 90 times making it one of the most frequently amended
constitutions in the world.
 It is also known to be one of the longest and most detailed in the world with 395 articles and 10
appendixes called schedules.
 Extensively modeled on western legal and constitutional practice,
 its key features include:
 The establishment of a federal system with residual powers in a central government
 A list of fundamental rights
 A Westminster style parliamentary system of government

14. 1946
Britain decides on to grant independence to India and cabinet mission is dispatched to India to
discuss modalities for transfer of power
14 August 1947
Proposal for creation of committees is tabled
29 August 1947
Drafting committee is established
6 December 1947
Constituent Assembly formally convenes for the first time, following elections, to start the
process of writing a constitution.
4 November 1947
Draft is finalized and submitted
1948 – 1949
Constituent Assembly meets in sessions open to the public
26 November 1949
Constituent Assembly adopts final draft making it official
26 January 1950
Entry into force of the new constitution
Key timelines in the 1948 constitutional process