Bandharan Quiz 7

The Constitution of India provides a detailed process for making amendments to ensure that the Constitution can adapt to changing social, political, and economic conditions. The provisions related to constitutional amendments are mentioned in Part XX of the Constitution. The procedure for amending the Constitution was inspired by the Constitution of South Africa. According to Article 368, Parliament has the power to amend the Constitution. The first Constitutional Amendment was passed in 1951, which also added the Ninth Schedule to protect certain laws from judicial review. The Seventh Amendment (1956) was related to the reorganization of states in India. Later, the Twenty-first Amendment (1967) included Sindhi as the 15th language in the Eighth Schedule. The Twenty-sixth Amendment (1971) abolished the privy purses given to former princes. Through the Thirty-sixth Amendment (1975), Sikkim became a full-fledged state of India.

 

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One of the most important amendments is the Forty-second Amendment (1976), often called the “Mini Constitution”, which added the words Socialist, Secular, and Integrity to the Preamble and introduced Fundamental Duties based on the recommendations of the Swaran Singh Committee. It also added provisions for free legal aid, environmental protection, and moved education from the State List to the Concurrent List. Later, the Forty-fourth Amendment (1978) removed the Right to Property from the list of Fundamental Rights and made it a legal right under Article 300A. The Fifty-second Amendment (1985) introduced the anti-defection law. The Sixty-first Amendment (1989) reduced the voting age from 21 to 18 years. The Seventy-third and Seventy-fourth Amendments (1992) strengthened local self-government through Panchayats and Municipalities. Other important amendments include the Eighty-sixth Amendment (2002) which made education a fundamental right, the One Hundred and First Amendment introducing GST, the One Hundred and Third Amendment providing 10% reservation for EWS, and the One Hundred and Sixth Amendment, known as the Nari Shakti Vandan Act, which provides reservation for women in legislatures. These amendments reflect the evolving nature of the Indian Constitution.