Important Amendments in Indian Constitution

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No.-1. The Constitution (31st Amendment) Act, 1973–It increases the upper limit of representation of the States to the Lok Sabha from 500 to 525 and decreases the existing limit for Union Territories from 25 to 20.
No.-2. The Constitution (34th Amendment) Act, 1974–It seeks to extend protection to the ‘States’ land ceiling laws and land tenure reforms from litigation.
No.-3. The Constitution (36th Amendment) Act, 1975–By this Act Sikkim became the 22nd State of the Indian Union.
No.-4. The Constitution (37th Amendment) Bill, 1975–Was passed by the Parliament on April 26, 1975, to provide for a Legislative Assembly and a Council of Ministers for Arunachal Pradesh.
No.-5. The Constitution (38th Amendment) Act, 1975–By this Act, President’s ‘satisfaction’ in declaring emergency has been made nonjusticeable.
No.-6. The Constitution (39th Amendment) Act, 1975–The Act provides that disputes relating to the election of the President, Vice-President, Prime Minister and Speaker shall be determined by a forum to be determined by Parliamentary law which shall not be called in question in any court.
No.-7. The Constitution (40th Amendment) Act, 1976–This amendment extends the scope of Article 277 relating to the territorial waters to include sovereignty over the Exclusive Economic Zone and to enlarge the list of entries in the Ninth Schedule to give protection to 64 State and Central laws, mostly pertaining to land reforms.
No.-8. The Constitution (41st Amendment) Act, 1976–It raises the age of retirement of the chairman and members of the State Public Service Commission from 60 to 62.

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No.-9. The Constitution (42nd Amendment) Act, 1976–The Act introduced comprehensive changes in the Constitution, some of which are as follows–
(i) Provision of Fundamental Duties,
(ii) Directive Principles made justiciable and given precedence over Fundamental Rights,
(iii) Division of jurisdiction between the Supreme Court and the High Courts in the matter of determination of the constitutional validity of Central and State laws,
(iv) Limitation of the jurisdiction of High Courts in certain respects,
(v) Provision for creation of Administrative Tribunals for adjudication for service matters,
(vi) Inclusion of Education and certain other subjects in the Concurrent List,
(vii) Provision for dealing with anti-national and communal activities,
(viii) Provision for amending Article 368 of the Constitution to give emphasis on the mutability of the Constitution and every part thereof.
No.-10. The Constitution (43rd Amendment) Act, 1978–The President gave assent to the Constitution (43rd Amendment) Act, on April 13, 1978 which repeals the obnoxious provisions of the Constitution (42nd Amendment) passed during the emergency.
No.-11. The Constitution (44th Amendment) Act, 1979–This Amendment, reverses many of the provisions of the 42nd Amendment and also makes far reaching changes in many of the provisions of the Constitution.
No.-12. The Constitution 45th Amendment, 1980–The President on April 14, 1980 gave assent to the 45th Constitution (Amendment) Bill which extends reservation for scheduled Tribes in the Lok Sabha and State Legislative Assemblies, representation of Anglo-Indian by nomination for a further period of 10 years.

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No.-13. The Constitution (49th Amendment) Act, 1985–The aim of the amendment (of Article 356) was to enable the central Government to extend President’s rule in Punjab, if necessary, for a period of one year beyond Oct. 5, 1985. Under the Constitutional provisions, President’s rule cannot be continued for more than one year at a time.
No.-14. The Constitution (52nd Amendment) Act, 1985–The Act has made defection to another party, after elections, illegal. Any member defecting to another party after elections will be disqualified from being member of Parliament or State legislature.
No.-15. The Constitution (53rd Amendment) Act, 1986–The Act grants Statehood to the Union Territory of Mizoram, thus making it the 23rd State of the Indian Unions.
No.-16. The Constitution (54th Amendment) Act, 1986–The Act revised the salary scales of Supreme Court and High Court Judges. According to the provisions of the Act the salary of the Chief Justice of India was raised to Rs. 10‚000 per month, that of other Judges of the Supreme Court and the Chief Justices of High Courts to Rs. 9‚000 and that of other Judges of High Courts to Rs. 8‚000 per month.
No.-17. The Constitution (55th Amendment) Act, 1986 and the State of Arunachal Pradesh Bill, 1986–The Bill vests special powers in the Government besides stipulating that the new State Assembly shall consist of not less than 30 members. The second provides for the establishment of the new State of Arunachal Pradesh. The Bill has already become an Act.
No.-18. The Constitution (56th Amendment) Act, 1987–This amendment gave statehood to Goa, Goa now becomes the 25th State of India. Daman and Diu remain a separate Union Territory.

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No.-19. The Constitution (57th Amendment) Act, 1987–This Bill provides for reservation in the legislative assemblies of 4 North-Eastern States.
No.-20. The Constitution (58th Amendment) Act, 1987–Hindi Version of the Constitution accepted officially.

Important Amendments in Indian Constitution

Important Amendments of Indian Constitution

Important Amendments in Indian Constitution for UPSC PDF

List of Important Amendments in Indian Constitution

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