Seventy-second Amendment to the Constitution of India

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Act of Parliament of India Constitutional amendment of India

The Seventy-second Amendment to the Constitution of India is a 1992 constitutional change that extended reservations of seats in the Lok Sabha and state legislative assemblies for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes.

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Seventy-second Amendment to the Constitution of India canonical	1

Statements (41)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Act of Parliament of India ⓘ Constitutional amendment of India ⓘ
actNumber	65 of 1992 ⓘ
affects	Representation of Scheduled Tribes in State Legislatures ⓘ
amends	Article 332 of the Constitution of India NERFINISHED ⓘ
beneficiaryGroup	Scheduled Tribes NERFINISHED ⓘ
citationForm	Constitution (Seventy-second Amendment) Act, 1992 NERFINISHED ⓘ
constitutionalContext	Affirmative action for disadvantaged groups in India ⓘ
country	India ⓘ
dateOfCommencement	1992-12-05 ⓘ
dateOfEnactment	1992-12-05 ⓘ
extends	Reservation of seats for Scheduled Tribes in certain State Legislative Assemblies ⓘ
followedBy	Seventy-third Amendment to the Constitution of India NERFINISHED ⓘ
geographicScope	Arunachal Pradesh NERFINISHED ⓘ Meghalaya NERFINISHED ⓘ Mizoram NERFINISHED ⓘ Nagaland NERFINISHED ⓘ
introducedIn	Lok Sabha NERFINISHED ⓘ
languageOfDocument	English ⓘ Hindi ⓘ
legalArea	Constitutional law ⓘ Electoral law ⓘ
legalInstrument	Act of Parliament assented to by the President of India ⓘ
legislature	Parliament of India NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOfSeries	Amendments to the Constitution of India NERFINISHED ⓘ
precededBy	Seventy-first Amendment to the Constitution of India NERFINISHED ⓘ
providesFor	Reservation of seats for Scheduled Tribes in the Legislative Assembly of Arunachal Pradesh ⓘ Reservation of seats for Scheduled Tribes in the Legislative Assembly of Meghalaya ⓘ Reservation of seats for Scheduled Tribes in the Legislative Assembly of Mizoram ⓘ Reservation of seats for Scheduled Tribes in the Legislative Assembly of Nagaland ⓘ
purpose	To continue reservation of seats for Scheduled Tribes in certain states ⓘ To provide special representation for Scheduled Tribes in the Legislative Assemblies of Arunachal Pradesh, Meghalaya, Mizoram and Nagaland ⓘ
relatedPolicy	Reservation of seats for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes in legislatures ⓘ
relatedTo	Constitution of India NERFINISHED ⓘ
shortName	Seventy-second Amendment NERFINISHED ⓘ
shortTitle	The Constitution (Seventy-second Amendment) Act, 1992 NERFINISHED ⓘ
status	In force ⓘ
subject	Representation of Scheduled Tribes in State Legislative Assemblies ⓘ Reservation of seats for Scheduled Tribes ⓘ
typeOfChange	Amendment to provisions on legislative representation ⓘ
year	1992 ⓘ

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Article 54 of the Constitution of India → hasBeenAmendedBy → Seventy-second Amendment to the Constitution of India ⓘ