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Forty-third Amendment of the Constitution of India

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Article 144A required that the Supreme Court could only declare a Central or State law as unconstitutional if the decision was made by a bench with at least 7 judges, and backed by a special majority of two-thirds of the bench. Article 228A required that a High Court could only declare a State law as
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from considering the constitutional validity of Central laws. Article 131A barred High Courts making judgements on the constitutional validity of Central legislation, giving exclusive jurisdiction for such laws to the Supreme Court.
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December, after adopting a formal amendment to replace the word "Forty-fourth" with "Forty-third" in Clause 1 of the Bill. Subsequently, Clauses 7 to 10 of the Bill were renumbered as 8 to 11 respectively. It was then passed by the
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from considering the constitutional validity of State laws in writ proceedings for the enforcement of Fundamental Rights. Article 226A placed a similar prohibition on
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by more than half of the State Legislatures, as required under Clause (2) of the said article. State Legislatures that ratified the amendment are listed below:
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Article 31D had enabled Parliament to legislate on matters concerning "anti-national activities" and "anti-national associations". Article 32A prohibited the
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unconstitutional if the decision was made by a bench with at least 5 judges, and backed by a special majority of two-thirds of the bench.
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articles – 31D, 32A, 131A, 144A, 226A and 228A – that had been inserted into the Constitution by the 42nd
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campaigning on a promise to "restore the Constitution to the condition it was in before the Emergency".
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Amendment. Articles 145, 228 and 366 were amended to facilitate the omission of these six articles.
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The Act was passed in accordance with the provisions of Article 368 of the Constitution, and was
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December 1977 as the Constitution (Forty-fourth Amendment) Bill, 1977. It was introduced by
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The bill was debated by the Lok Sabha on 19 and 20 December, and was passed on 20
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The bill of Constitution (Forty-third Amendment) Act, 1977 was introduced in the
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December 1977. The bill, after ratification by the states, received assent from
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articles that had been inserted into the Constitution by the
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Objects and Reasons, Legislative History and Synopsis
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The Constitution (Forty-fourth Amendment) Bill, 1977
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Parliament of India
Long title
Lok Sabha
Rajya Sabha
Effective
Lok Sabha
Bill
Shanti Bhushan
Minister of Law, Justice and Company Affairs
Constitution of India
Spent
a series
Constitution of India

Preamble
Parts
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II
III
IV
IVA
V
VI
VII
VIII
IX
IXA
IXB
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