Amendments to the Indian Constitution Part - I • No.of Amendments • Date of Enforcement • Objectives 1st amendment June 18, 1951 To fully secure the constitutional validity of zamindari abolition laws. To place reasonable restriction on freedom of speech. A new constitutional device, called Schedule 9 introduced to protect laws that are contrary to the Constitutionally guaranteed fundamental rights. These laws encroach upon property rights, freedom of speech and equality before law 2nd amendment May 1, 1953 A technical amendment to fix the size of each parliamentary constituency between 650,000 and 850,000 voters. 3rd amendment February 22, 1955 Limits maximum no of seats in lok Sabha up to 500 States to be divided into constituencies such that one member of a constituency represents between 500000 and 750000 people 4th amendment April 27, 1955 Restrictions on property rights and inclusion of related bills in Schedule 9 of the constitution 5th amendment December 24, 1955 Provides for a consultation mechanism with concerned states in matters relating to the amendments to the territorial matters and in the re-naming of the state 6th amendment September 11, 1956 Amended the Union and State Lists with respect to raising of taxes 7th amendment November 1, 1956 Reorganization of states on linguistic lines Abolition of Class A, B, C, D states Introduction of Union Territories 8th amendment January 5, 1960 Clarify states power of compulsory acquisition and requisitioning of private property Include Zamindari abolition laws in Schedule 9 of the constitution 9th amendment December 28, 1960 Minor adjustments to territory of Indian Union consequent to agreement with Pakistan for settlement of disputes by demarcation of border villages, etc. 10th amendment August 11, 1961 Incorporation of Dadra, Nagar and Haveli as a Union Territory after acquisition from Portugal 11th amendment December 19, 1961 Election of Vice President by Electoral College consisting of members of both Houses of Parliament, instead of election by a Joint Sitting of Parliament. Indemnify the President and Vice President Election procedure from challenge on grounds of existence of any vacancies in the electoral college 12th amendment December 20, 1961 Incorporation of Goa, Daman and Diu as a Union Territory, after acquisition from Portugal 13th amendment December 1, 1963 Formation of State of Nagaland, with special protection under Article 371A 14th amendment December 28, 1962 Incorporation of Pondicherry into the Union of India Creation of Legislative Assemblies for Himachal Pradesh, Tripura, Manipur and Goa 15th amendment October 5, 1963 Raise retirement age of judges from 60 to 62 Other minor amendments for rationalizing interpretation of rules regarding judges etc. 16th amendment October 5, 1963 Make it obligatory for seekers of public office to swear their allegiance to the Indian Republic and prescribe the various obligatory templates 17th amendment June 20, 1964 To secure the constitutional validity of acquisition of Estates and place land acquisition laws in Schedule 9 of the constitution 18th amendment August 27, 1966 Technical Amendment to include Union Territories in Article 3 and hence permit reorganisation of Union Territories 19th amendment December 11, 1966 Abolish Election Tribunals and enable trial of election petitions by regular High Courts 20th amendment December 22, 1966 Indemnify & validate judgments, decrees, orders and sentences passed by judges. Validate the appointment, posting, promotion and transfer of judges except those not eligible for appointment under article 233. Amendment was needed to overcome the effect of judgement invalidating appointments of certain judges in the state of Uttar Pradesh # R a J a B a B u
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