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The eight UTs, Jammu & Kashmir, Article 371 and tribunals — one sentence each

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  • Guru Ram Each coloured word = one name in the list, shown below in the same colour
  • Panda Two colours in one word = two names
  • ➜ Order the numbered order matters · ⇄ Any order no order
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Union Territories

When the eight UTs were formed, which have a legislature, which take the President’s regulations, the articles and the High Courts.

Trick 1

The eight Union Territories

➜ oldest to newest

The three of 1956Deepu kept Lakshmi’s anda warm.

1962 to 2020Pudding-loving Chandni put jam on laddoos for Dada.

  1. 1Delhi1956 — NCT status 1991
  2. 2Lakshadweep1956
  3. 3Andaman & Nicobar Islands1956
  4. 4Puducherry1962 — former French settlements
  5. 5Chandigarh1966 — when Punjab was reorganised
  6. 6Jammu & Kashmir31 October 2019
  7. 7Ladakh31 October 2019 — largest UT by area
  8. 8Dadra & Nagar Haveli and Daman & Diu26 January 2020 — two UTs merged

The three in the first line are all 1956 (any order) · India today: 28 States and 8 UTs · Part VIII, Arts 239–241 · the 7th Amendment (1956) ended the Part A/B/C/D scheme.

Trick 2

The three UTs with an Assembly

⇄ Any order

Deepu ate pudding with jam.

  1. DelhiArt 239AA
  2. PuducherryArt 239A
  3. Jammu & Kashmirunder the 2019 Act, Puducherry model (239A)

The other five — the Andaman & Nicobar Islands included — have no legislature.

Trick 3

Five UTs under the President’s regulations (Art 240)

⇄ Any order

Dada hid Lakshmi’s anda and laddoo in the pudding.

  1. Dadra & Nagar Haveli and Daman & Diu
  2. Lakshadweep
  3. Andaman & Nicobar
  4. Ladakhadded by the 2019 Act
  5. Puducherrythe power sleeps while its legislature works

A regulation works like an Act of Parliament — it can even amend or repeal a parliamentary law in that UT (240(2)) · Art 246(4) — Parliament may legislate for a UT even on State List subjects.

Pairs

Articles — Delhi, Puducherry, Chandigarh

3 sentences

Deepu’s torch runs on AA batteries.

Delhi=Art 239AA — Legislative Assembly and council of ministers; public order, police and land stay with the Centre · 69th Amendment (1991)

Pudding box marked A

Puducherry=Art 239A — Parliament may create a legislature and council of ministers (J&K on the same model since 2019)

Chandni serves fruit punch.

Chandigarh=Art 239(2) — the Governor of Punjab is also the Administrator of Chandigarh

Art 239 — the President runs each UT through an administrator (usually a Lieutenant Governor) · 239AB — the President may suspend Delhi’s scheme if the machinery fails · 239B — ordinances by Puducherry’s administrator · 241 — Parliament may create a High Court for a UT.

Pairs

Which High Court serves which UT

5 sentences

Chandni serves punch to Harry.

Chandigarh=Punjab & Haryana High Court

Lakshmi boils the kettle.

Lakshadweep=Kerala High Court

Anda curry from Calcutta

Andaman & Nicobar=Calcutta High Court

Pudding from Madras

Puducherry=Madras High Court

Dada flew to Bombay.

Dadra & Nagar Haveli and Daman & Diu=Bombay High Court

Delhi has its own High Court (since 1966) · J&K and Ladakh share one High Court · the Gauhati High Court also covers Mizoram and Arunachal Pradesh (both were once UTs).

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Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh

Lok Sabha and Assembly seats after the 2019 reorganisation.

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Special Provisions — Article 371

Which State each letter from 371 to 371J belongs to, and the minimum Assembly sizes.

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Tribunals — Part XIV-A

Which amendment brought tribunals, the eight subjects of 323B, the CAT and court review.

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