LIST OF ALL IMPORTANT CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS IN THE INDIAN CONSTITUTION
| Amendment Number | Year | Amended Provisions |
|---|---|---|
| 1st Amendment Act | 1951 | Added 9th Schedule to protect the land reforms and the laws related to it from judicial review. |
| 7th Amendment Act | 1956 | – On the linguistic basis, the states had been reorganized into 14 States and 6 UTs. – Extended the jurisdiction of the high court to UTs. – Establishment of a common high court for 2 or more states. |
| 9th Amendment Act | 1960 | Facilitated the cession of the Indian territory of Berubari Union (located in WB) to Pakistan as provided in the Indo-Pakistan Agreement (1958). |
| 10th Amendment Act | 1961 | Incorporated Dadra and Nagar Haveli in the Indian Union. |
| 12th Amendment Act | 1962 | Incorporated Goa, Daman, and Diu in the Indian Union. |
| 13th Amendment Act | 1962 | Provide status of state to Nagaland and made special provisions for it. |
| 14th Amendment Act | 1962 | Incorporated Puducherry in the Indian Union. |
| 24th Amendment Act | 1971 | – Affirmed the power of parliament to amend any part of the constitution including fundamental rights. – President must give his assent to a constitutional Amendment Bill. |
| 25th Amendment Act | 1971 | Curtailed the fundamental right to property. |
| 26th Amendment Act | 1971 | Abolished the titles and special privileges of former rulers of princely states. |
| 31st Amendment Act | 1972 | Increased the number of Lok Sabha seats from 525 to 545. |
| 36th Amendment Act | 1975 | Sikkim became the full-fledged state of the Indian Union and 10th schedule was omitted. |
| 42nd Amendment Act | 1976 | – Added Fundamental Duties by the citizen contained in Part-IV A. – Added 3 new words – Socialist, Secular, and Integrity. – Made the constitutional amendments beyond the judicial scrutiny. – National emergency can be proclaimed in any part of the territory of India. – The President is constitutionally bounded by the advice of the Council of Ministers. – It provided supremacy of parliament and gave primacy to DPSP over Fundamental Rights. – Extended the one-time duration of the President’s rule in a state from 6 months to 1 year. – Added Part XIV A which includes tribunal for administrative and other matters. – The term of Lok Sabha and State Legislative assemblies increased to 6 years from 5 years. – The power of judicial review and writ jurisdiction of the Supreme Court and the High Court had been curtailed. – Also called “Mini Constitution ” |
| 43rd Amendment Act | 1977 | – Restored the power of judicial review and writ jurisdiction of the Supreme Court and High Court. – The special power of the Parliament to make laws to deal with the anti-national activities had been taken away. |
| 44th Amendment Act | 1978 | – Removed the “Right to Property” from the list of Fundamental Rights. – The fundamental rights guaranteed by Article 20 and 21 cannot be suspended during a national emergency. – The term ‘internal disturbance’ had been replaced by the by ‘Armed Rebellion’. – The term of Lok Sabha and the state legislative assemblies had been restored to 5 years. |
| 52nd Amendment Act | 1985 | Anti-Defection Law and added 10th schedule containing detail of this law. |
| 58th Amendment Act | 1987 | Translation of the Constitution in Hindi. |
| 61st Amendment Act | 1989 | Reducing the voting age from 21 to 18 years. |
| 65th Amendment Act | 1990 | Accorded statutory status to the commission for scheduled castes and scheduled tribes and designated them as National Commission for the SC’s and the ST’s. |
| 73rd Amendment Act | 1992 | Added new Part – IX entitled as ‘the Panchayats’ and a new 11th Schedule which granted Constitutional status and protection to the Panchayati raj institutions. |
| 74th Amendment Act | 1992 | Added new Part – IX-A entitled as ‘the Municipalities’ and a new 12th Schedule which granted Constitutional status and protection to the urban local bodies. |
| 86th Amendment Act | 2002 | Article 21 A was added which made ‘Education’ a fundamental Right for children in the age-group of 6-14 years. |
| 88th Amendment Act | 2003 | A provision for service tax was made under Article 268-A. |
| 89th Amendment Act | 2003 | National Commission for SC’s and ST’s into 2 separate bodies – National Commission for SC’s (Article 338) – National Commission for ST’s (Article 338-A). |
| 91st Amendment Act | 2003 | Amended the Anti-Defection Law to strengthen it and made provisions to limit the size of the council of ministers. |
| 92nd Amendment Act | 2003 | 4 new languages – Bodo, Dogri, Maithili, and Santhali added in the Eighth Schedule which increased the constitutionally recognized number to 22. |
| 93rd Amendment Act | 2005 | Reserve seats OBC’s in governmental as well as educational institutions. |
| 99th Amendment Act | 2014 | Formation of National Judicial Appointment Commission. However, it was declared unconstitutional and void in 2015 by the Supreme Court. |
| 100th Amendment Act | 2015 | Swapping of territories between India and Bangladesh. |
| 101st Amendment Act | 2016 | Goods and Service Tax introduced. |
| 102nd Amendment Act | 2018 | Constitutional Status to the National Commission for Backward Classes |
| 103rd Amendment Act | 2019 | 10% reservation for Economically Weaker Section (EWS) of the society in Government jobs and admission in educational institutions |
| 104th Amendment Act | 2020 | It extends the reservation of seats for the SC’s and ST’s in the Lok Sabha and state assemblies by a period of 10 years. – Officially it is known as ‘Constitution Act, 2019’ |