‘Governance, Constitution and Social Justice’ by Salman Khurshid and Gaurav Gupta – Book Review

The renowned publisher, McGraw Hill Education India, has come up with another promising book in the domain of Indian Polity, titled ‘Governance, Constitution, and Social Justice‘.

What distinguishes the book ‘Governance, Constitution, and Social Justice‘ from all other books in this category is the authority of the authors.

The book is jointly authored by Salman Khurshid and Gaurav Gupta.

Authors: Salman Khurshid and Gaurav Gupta

The names of the authors need no introduction. Salman Khurshid is an eminent Indian politician who held different portfolios in the Central Government including Minister of External Affairs and Minister of Law and Justice. He is a senior advocate of the Supreme Court of India. Gaurav Gupta, the joint author, is a leading advocating of the Supreme Court of India. Gaurav was also part of the 20th Law Commission.

Salman Khurshid’s book on Indian Constitution is not a replacement of Laxmikanth’s book on Indian Polity

Indian Polity authored by M.Laxmikanth and published by McGraw Hill Education (MHE) has always been one of the best selling books on Indian Polity. It is interesting to see the publisher not just stopping there. MHE has recently been adding many titles like ‘Important Judgments that transformed India‘ in the area of Indian Constitution to bridge all gaps and emerge as the market authority. The latest addition to the list is ‘Governance, Constitution, and Social Justice’.

Of course, there may be an overlap, however, Salman Khurshid’s Constitution book is not a replacement of Laxmikanths book. Salman Khurshid’s book can be better considered as ‘Indian Constitution for beginners’. The book focuses to get the facts and fundamentals of aspirants right, from the beginning.

A great handbook on Indian Constitution: Get the facts correct!

When compared to other books on Indian Polity, the book by Salam Khurshid and Gaurav Gupta is a short and crisp one – much like a handbook on Indian Constitution. This book uses a different approach.

Be it UPSC Preliminary Exam or Main Exam, the book ‘Governance, Constitution and Social Justice’ is a good starting point for the Polity/Constitution. You can finish the book in a few days time. It will be quite handy in the final days of revision as well.

Value for money

The number of pages of the book is only half of that of M.Laxmikanth’s Indian Polity – so of course, you will not see everything in Laxmikanth’s book in Salman Khurshid’s book. It is justified by the price of the book as well – only less than half of the Indian Polity book.

Besides, the paper quality of the book is excellent. The book also comes out with reader-friendly page layout, fonts, and typesetting.

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A lot of important topics covered

Many highly relevant areas for UPSC Mains like the Comparison of Indian Constitutional scheme with other countries, Judicial Doctrines, Simultaneous Elections, Conflict in Delhi with LG, Full statehood for Delhi, Article 370, ASFPA etc are covered in the book.