Constitution (Forty-second Amendment) Act, 1976

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Act of Parliament of India Constitutional amendment of India

The Constitution (Forty-second Amendment) Act, 1976 is a major and controversial amendment to the Indian Constitution enacted during the Emergency, known for significantly expanding central government powers and curtailing the jurisdiction of the judiciary.

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Surface form Occurrences
42nd Amendment to the Constitution of India 2

Statements (73)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Act of Parliament of India ⓘ
Constitutional amendment of India ⓘ
affectedPart Part III of the Constitution of India NERFINISHED ⓘ
Part IV of the Constitution of India NERFINISHED ⓘ
Part IVA of the Constitution of India NERFINISHED ⓘ
Part VI of the Constitution of India NERFINISHED ⓘ
Part XI of the Constitution of India NERFINISHED ⓘ
Part XII of the Constitution of India NERFINISHED ⓘ
Part XIV of the Constitution of India NERFINISHED ⓘ
Part XV of the Constitution of India NERFINISHED ⓘ
Part XVI of the Constitution of India NERFINISHED ⓘ
Part XVIII of the Constitution of India NERFINISHED ⓘ
Preamble to the Constitution of India NERFINISHED ⓘ
Seventh Schedule of the Constitution of India NERFINISHED ⓘ
aimedTo reduce scope of High Courts’ writ jurisdiction ⓘ
strengthen centralization of power ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Forty-second Amendment of the Constitution of India NERFINISHED ⓘ
Mini-Constitution NERFINISHED ⓘ
amendedArticle Article 131 ⓘ
Article 144A ⓘ
Article 226 ⓘ
Article 226A ⓘ
Article 227 ⓘ
Article 228A ⓘ
Article 31C ⓘ
Article 368 ⓘ
Article 74 ⓘ
assentDate 1976-12-18 ⓘ
assentedToBy Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed NERFINISHED ⓘ
attemptedToLimit Judicial review ⓘ
attemptedToMake Parliamentary amendment power virtually unlimited ⓘ
cameIntoForceOn 1976-01-03 ⓘ
1976-02-01 ⓘ
1976-04-01 ⓘ
changedPreambleByAddingPhrase integrity of the Nation ⓘ
changedPreambleByAddingWord Secular ⓘ
Socialist ⓘ
characterizedAs controversial ⓘ
far-reaching ⓘ
country India ⓘ
curtailedPowersOf Judiciary of India NERFINISHED ⓘ
enactedBy Parliament of India NERFINISHED ⓘ
expandedPowersOf Union government of India NERFINISHED ⓘ
governingDocumentAmended Constitution of India NERFINISHED ⓘ
insertedArticle Article 39A ⓘ
Article 43A ⓘ
Article 48A ⓘ
insertedPart Part IVA ⓘ
insertedSchedule Tenth Schedule NERFINISHED ⓘ
introducedBy H. R. Gokhale NERFINISHED ⓘ
introducedConcept Fundamental Duties of citizens ⓘ
introducedDuring The Emergency (India, 1975–1977) NERFINISHED ⓘ
introducedInGovernmentOf Indira Gandhi NERFINISHED ⓘ
languageOfText English ⓘ
legislativeBody Lok Sabha NERFINISHED ⓘ
Rajya Sabha NERFINISHED ⓘ
locationOfFundamentalDuties Article 51A ⓘ
nicknamed Mini-Constitution NERFINISHED ⓘ
numberOfArticlesAmended 40 ⓘ
numberOfSections 59 ⓘ
partiallyInvalidatedBy Supreme Court of India in Minerva Mills judgment NERFINISHED ⓘ
partiallyModifiedBy Constitution (Forty-fourth Amendment) Act, 1978 NERFINISHED ⓘ
politicalContext Indian Emergency ⓘ
reducedTenureOf Lok Sabha and State Legislative Assemblies from six years back to five years (later reversed by 44th Amendment) ⓘ
relatedCaseLaw Kesavananda Bharati v. State of Kerala (as background on basic structure doctrine) NERFINISHED ⓘ
Minerva Mills Ltd. v. Union of India NERFINISHED ⓘ
shiftedSubjectToConcurrentList Education ⓘ
Forests ⓘ
Protection of wild animals and birds ⓘ
Weights and measures ⓘ
strengthened Directive Principles of State Policy NERFINISHED ⓘ
subjectArea Constitutional law ⓘ
year 1976 ⓘ

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Article 124 of the Constitution of India → amendedBy → Constitution (Forty-second Amendment) Act, 1976 ⓘ
Article 74 of the Constitution of India → amendedBy → Constitution (Forty-second Amendment) Act, 1976 ⓘ
this entity surface form: 42nd Amendment to the Constitution of India
Article 368 → wasAmendedBy → Constitution (Forty-second Amendment) Act, 1976 ⓘ
this entity surface form: 42nd Amendment to the Constitution of India