Important Constitutional Amendments

Important Constitutional Amendments
1
First Amendment 1951
Added Ninth Schedule.
2
Seventh Amendment 1956
Necessitated on account of reorganisation of States on a linguistic basis
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Eighth Amendment 1959
Extended special provisions for reservations of seats for SCs, STs and Anglo-Indian in Lok Sabha and Leg. Assemblies for a period of 10 years from1960 to 1970.
4
The Ninth Amendment 1960
Gave effect to transfer certain territories to Pakistan following the 1958 Indo-Pak agreement.
5
The Tenth Amendment 1961
Incorporated Dadra & Nagar Haveli as a UT.
6
Twelfth Amendment 1962
Incorporated Goa, Daman & Diu as a UT.
7
Thirteenth Amendment 1962
Created Nagaland as a State.
8
Fourteenth Amendment 1963
Pondicherry, Karaikal, Mahe and Yanam, the former French territories were included in the I schedules as UT of Pondicherry.
9
Eighteenth Amendment 1966
Reorganised Punjab into Punjab, Haryana and UT of Chandigarh.
10
Twenty first Amendment 1967
Included Sindhi as the Fifteenth Regional language.
11
Twenty second Amendment 1969
Created a sub-state of Meghalaya with in Assam.
12
Twenty third Amendment 1969
Extended the reservation of seats for SC/ST and nomination of Anglo-Indians for a further period of 10 years (till 1980).
13
Twenty sixth Amendment 1971
Abolished the titles and special privileges of former rulers of princely states.
14
Twenty seventh Amendment 1971
Established Manipur and Tripura as States and Mizoram and Arunachal Pradesh as UTs.
15
Thirty first Amendment 1973
Increased the elective Strength of LS from 525 to 545. The upper limit of representatives of States went up from 500 to 525.
16
Thirty sixth Amendments 1975
Made Sikkim a State
17
Thirty eight Amendment 1975
Provided that the President can make a declaration of emergency, and the promulgation of ordinances by the President, Governors and the Administrative Heads of Uts would be final and could not be challenged in any court. It also authorised the President to declare different kinds of emergencies.
18
Thirty ninth Amendment 1975
Placed beyond challenge in courts, the election to Parliament of a person holding the office of PM or Speaker and election of the President and Prime Minister.
19
Forty fourth Amendment 1978
The Right to Property was deleted from Part III. Article 352 was amended to provide 'Armed Rebellion' as one of the circumstances for declaration of emergency.
20
Forty fifth Amendment 1985
Extended reservation for SC/ST by another 10 years (till 1990)
21
Fifty second Amendment 1985
Added the Tenth Schedule (regarding anti-defection)
22
Fifty third Amendment 1986
Mizoram was made a state
23
Fifty fifth Amendment 1986
Conferred state hood to Arunchal Pradesh
24
Fifty sixth Amendment 1987
Hindi version of the Constitution of India was accepted for all purposes. The UT of Goa, Daman and Diu was divided and Goa was made a State. Daman and Diu remained as a UT.
25
Sixty first Amendment 1989
Reduced the voting age from 21 to 18 years for the LS as well as Assemblies
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Sixty first Amendment 1989
Also extended reservation of seats for SC/ST till 2000 AD.
27
Seventy first Amendment 1992
Konkani, Manipuri and Nepali were included in the VIII Schedule.
28
Seventy third Amendment 1993
(Panchayati Raj Bill) Provided among other things Gram Sabha in Villages, constitution of panchayats at the village and other levels, direct elections to all seats in panchayats and reservations of seats for the SC and ST and fixing of tenure of 5 years for panchayats.
29
Seventy Fourth Amendment 1993
(Nagarpalika Bill) Provides for, among other things, constitution of three types of municipalities, reservation of seats in every municipality for the SC and ST, women and the backward classes.
30
Eighty second Amendment 2000
Reinstaled the provision of reservation of SC and STs in matters related to promotion. Besides, the qualifying marks for passing an examination for them has also been lowered.
31
Eighty fourth Amendment 2001
Extended freeze on Lok Sabha and State Assembly seats till 2026.
32
Eighty sixth Amendment 2002
Makes education a fundamental right for children in the age group of 6 - 14 years.
33
Eighty seventh Amendment 2003
Made the 2001 census the basis for delimitation of constituencies of the Lower House of Parliament (Lok Sabha) and State assemblies (Vidhan Sabhas)
34
Ninety first Amendment 2003
Amended the Anti - Defection Law and also made a provision that the number of ministers in the Central & State Govts. Cannot be more than 15% of the strength of Lok Sabha & respected Vidhan Sabha.
35
Ninety second Amendment 2003
Bodo, Maithili, Santhali and Added into the VIII Schedule.