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court judges from 60 to 62 years.
3. Provided for appointment of retired
judges of the high courts as acting
judges of the same court.
4. Provided for compensatory
allowance to judges who are
transferred from one high court to
another.
5. Enabled the retired judge of a high
court to act as adhoc judge of the
Supreme Court.
6. Provided for the procedure for
determining the age of the Supreme
Court and high court judges.
Sixteenth 1. Empowered the state to impose
Amendment further restriction on the rights to
Act, 1963 freedom of speech and expression,
to assemble peaceably and to form
associations in the interests of
sovereignty and integrity of India.
2. Included sovereignty and integrity in
the forms of oaths or affirmations to
be subscribed by contestants to the
legislatures, members of the
Amendment Amended Provisions of the
Number and Constitution
Year
Seventeenth 1. Prohibited the acquisition of land
Amendment under personal cultivation unless the
Act, 1964 market value of the land is paid as
compensation.
2. Included 44 more Acts in the Ninth
Schedule.
Eighteenth Made it clear that the power of
Amendment Parliament to form a new state also
Act, 1966 includes a power to form a new state or
union territory by uniting a part of a state
or a union territory to another state or
union territory.
Nineteenth Abolished the system of Election
Amendment Tribunals and vested the power to hear
Act, 1966 election petitions in the High Courts.
Twentieth Validated certain appointments of district
Amendment judges in the UP which were declared
Act, 1966 void by the Supreme Court.
Twenty-First Included sindhi as the 15th language in
Amendment the Eight Schedule.
Act, 1967
Twenty-Second Facilitated the creation of a new
Amendment Act, autonomous State of Meghalaya within
1969 the State of Assam.
Extended the reservation of seats for the
SCs and STs, and special representation
Twenty-Third
for the Anglo-Indians in the Lok Sabha
Amendment Act,
and the state legislative assemblies for a
1969
further period of ten years (i.e., up to
1980).
Amendment Amended Provisions of the
Number and Constitution
Year
Twenty-Fourth 1. Affirmed the power of Parliament to
Amendment Act, amend any part of the Constitution
1971 including fundamental rights.
2. Made it compulsory for the president
to give his assent to a Constitutional
Amendment Bill.
Twenty-Fifth 1. Curtailed the fundamental right to
Amendment property.
Act, 1971
2. Provided that any law made to give
effect to the Directive Principles
contained in Article 39 (b) or (c)
cannot be challenged on the ground
of violation of the rights guaranteed
by Articles 14, 19 and 31.
Twenty-Sixth Abolished the privy purses and privileges
Amendment Act, of the former rulers of princely states.
1971
Twenty-Seventh 1. Empowered the administrators of
Amendment, certain union territories to promulgate
1971 ordinances.
2. Made certain special provisions for
new Union Territories of Arunachal
Pradesh and Mizoram.
3. Authorised the Parliament to create
the legislative assembly and the
council of ministers for the new state
of Manipur.
Twenty-Eighth Abolished the special privileges of ICS
Amendment Act, officers and empowered the Parliament
Amendment Amended Provisions of the
Number and Constitution
Year
Twenty-Ninth Included two Kerala Acts on land reforms
Amendment Act, in the Ninth Schedule.
1972
Thirtieth Did away with the provision which
Amendment allowed appeal to the Supreme Court in
Act, 1972 civil cases involving an amount of
‘20,000, and provided instead that an
appeal can be filed in the Supreme Court
only if the case involves a substantial
question of law.
Thirty-First Increased the number of Lok Sabha
Amendment seats from 525 to 545.
Act, 1972
Thirty-Second Made special provisions to satisfy the
Amendment Act, aspirations of the people of the
1973 Telengana region in Andhra Pradesh.
Provided that the resignation of the
members of Parliament and the state
Thirty-Third
legislatures may be accepted by the
Amendment
Speaker/Chairman only if he is satisfied
Act, 1974
that the resignation is voluntary or
genuine.
Thirty-Fourth Included twenty more land tenure and
Amendment Act, land reforms acts of various states in the
1974 Ninth Schedule.
Terminated the protectorate status of
Sikkim and conferred on it the status of
Thirty-Fifth an associate state of the Indian Union.
Amendment The Tenth Schedule was added laying
Act, 1974 down the terms and conditions of
Amendment Amended Provisions of the
Number and Constitution
Year
Thirty-Sixth Made Sikkim a full-fledged State of the
Amendment Indian Union and omitted the Tenth
Act, 1975 Schedule.
Thirty-Seventh Provided legislative assembly and
Amendment Act, council of ministers for the Union Territory
1975 of Arunachal Pradesh.
Thirty-Eighth 1. Made the declaration of emergency
Amendment Act, by the president non-justiciable.
1975
2. Made the promulgation of ordinances
by the president, governors and
administrators of union territories
non-justiciable.
3. Empowered the president to declare
different proclamations of national
emergency on different grounds
simultaneously.
Thirty-Ninth 1. Placed the disputes relating to the
Amendment president, vice-president, prime
Act, 1975 minister and Speaker beyond the
scope of the judiciary. They are to be
decided by such authority as may be
determined by the Parliament.
2. Included certain Central acts in the
Amendment Amended Provisions of the
Number and Constitution
Year
Fortieth 1. Empowered the Parliament to specify
Amendment from time to time the limits of the
Act, 1976 territorial waters, the continental
shelf, the exclusive economic zone
(EEZ) and the maritime zones of
India.
2. Included 64 more Central and state
laws, mostly relating to land reforms,
in the Ninth Schedule.
Forty-First Raised the retirement age of members of
Amendment State Public Service Commission and
Act, 1976 Joint Public Service Commission from 60
to 62.
Forty-Second 1. Added three new words (i.e.,
Amendment Act, socialist, secular and integrity) in the
1976 (The most Preamble.
comprehensive
2. Added Fundamental Duties by the
amendment
citizens (new Part IV A).
made so far to
3. Made the president bound by the
the Constitution;
advise of the cabinet.
it is known as
4. Provided for administrative tribunals
“Mini-
and tribunals for other matters
Constitution’; it
(Added Part XIV A).
gave effect to the
recommendations 5. Froze the seats in the Lok Sabha
of Swaran Singh and state legislative assemblies on
Committee.) the basis of 1971 census till 2001.
6. Made the constitutional amendments
beyond judicial scrutiny.
7. Curtailed the power of judicial review
and writ jurisdiction of the Supreme
Court and high courts.
Amendment Amended Provisions of the
Number and Constitution
Year
8. Raised the tenure of Lok Sabha and
state legislative assemblies from 5 to
6 years.
9. Provided that the laws made for the
implementation of Directive
Principles cannot be declared invalid
by the courts on the ground of
violation of some Fundamental
Rights.
10. Empowered the Parliament to make
laws to deal with anti-national
activities and such laws are to take
precedence over Fundamental
Rights.
11. Added three new Directive Principles
viz., equal justice and free-legal aid,
participation of workers in the
management of industries and
protection of environment, forests
and wild life.
12. Facilitated the proclamation of
national emergency in a part of
territory of India.
13. Extended the one-time duration of
the President’s rule in a state from 6
months to one year.
14. Empowered the Centre to deploy its
armed forces in any state to deal with
a grave situation of law and order.
15. Shifted five subjects from the state
list to the concurrent list, viz,
education, forests, protection of wild
animals and birds, weights and
Amendment Amended Provisions of the
Number and Constitution
Year
measures and administration of
justice, constitution and organisation
of all courts except the Supreme
Court and the high courts.
16. Did away with the requirement of
quorum in the Parliament and the
state legislatures.
17. Empowered the Parliament to decide
from time to time the rights and
privileges of its members and
committees.
18. Provided for the creation of the All-
India Judicial Service.
19. Shortened the procedure for
disciplinary action by taking away the
right of a civil servant to make
representation at the second stage
after the inquiry (i.e., on the penalty
proposed).
Forty-Third 1. Restored the jurisdiction of the
Amendment Act, Supreme Court and the high courts in
1977 (Enacted by respect of judicial review and issue of
the Janata writs.
Government to
2. Deprived the Parliament of its special
nullify some of
powers to make laws to deal with
the distortions
anti-national activities.
introduced by the
42nd Amendment
Act of 1976)
Forty-Fourth 1. Restored the original term of the Lok
Amendment Act, Sabha and the state legislative
1978 (Enacted by assemblies (i.e., 5 years)."
the Janata
Government
Amendment Amended Provisions of the
mainly to nullify
Number and Constitution
some of the other
Year
distortions
2. Restored the provisions with regard
introduced by the
to quorum in the Parliament and
42nd Amendment
state legislatures.
Act, 1976)
3. Omitted the reference to the British
House of Commons in the provisions
pertaining to the parliamentary
privileges.
4. Gave constitutional protection to
publication in newspaper of true
reports of the proceedings of the
Parliament and the state legislatures.
5. Empowered the president to send
back once the advice of cabinet for
reconsideration. But, the
reconsidered advice is to be binding
on the president.
6. Deleted the provision which made