Study Guide · Chapter 25
Mnemonic Index
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Every memory hook in this book, gathered in one place for quick spaced-repetition drilling — cover the middle column and try to reproduce it from the topic alone, or cover the right column and try to decode the hook.
| Topic | Mnemonic | Decodes to |
|---|---|---|
| Six baskets of Fundamental Rights | "Every Friendly Advocate Respects Citizens' Choices" | Equality (14–18), Freedom (19–22), Against Exploitation (23–24), Religion (25–28), Culture & Education (29–30), Constitutional Remedies (32) |
| Article 19 — six freedoms | The travelling speaker's story: Speak → Assemble → Associate → Move → Reside → Practice | 19(1)(a) Speech, (b) Assembly, (c) Association, (d) Movement, (e) Residence, (g) Profession/trade — note no (f), deleted 1978 |
| Article 20 — three protections | "EDS" — Ex-post-facto, Double jeopardy, Self-incrimination | 20(1) no retrospective conviction/penalty, 20(2) no double jeopardy, 20(3) no compelled self-incrimination |
| Article 22 — preventive detention safeguards | "3 Bears on a Board" — 3 months, Board, Represent | Max 3-month detention without review, Advisory Board opinion needed for longer, right to earliest communication of grounds and to make a representation |
| The Five Writs | The courtroom drama in five scenes: body → command → stop-before → quash-after → by-what-authority | Habeas Corpus, Mandamus, Prohibition, Certiorari, Quo Warranto |
| DPSP categories | "Grandma Sells Lemons" | Gandhian, Socialist, Liberal-intellectual |
| Fundamental Duties (order) | "Abide · Cherish · Uphold · Defend · Promote · Preserve · Protect · Develop · Safeguard · Strive · Provide" | 51A(a) through (k), in order |
| Fundamental Duties (by theme) | "Constitution, Culture, Country, Community, Conscience" | (a)+(c); (b)+(f); (d); (e)+(i); (g)+(h)+(j)+(k) |
| Case-law spine (amending power) | "GOOD CATS SANG GOLDEN KITES MADE MARVELOUS PHOTOS" | Gopalan → Champakam Dorairajan → Shankari Prasad/Sajjan Singh → Golaknath → Kesavananda Bharati → Maneka Gandhi → Minerva Mills → Puttaswamy |
| Case-law cluster (modern dignity) | "COOL PUTTU NAVIGATES SABARIMALA'S COMMON SELFIE, SHREYA" | Coelho → Puttaswamy → Navtej Singh Johar → Sabarimala/IYLA → Common Cause → Selvi → Shreya Singhal |
| Six baskets — spatial version | Method-of-loci courtroom tour: entrance scale → witness box → dock → judge's bench → side wall mural → gavel | Equality → Freedom → Exploitation → Religion → Culture/Education → Constitutional Remedies |
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