List of amendments of the Constitution of India

As of September 2023, there have been 106[1] amendments of the Constitution of India since it was first enacted in 1950.[2]

There are three types of amendments to the Constitution of India of which second and third type of amendments are governed by Article 368.

  • The first type of amendments includes that can be passed by "simple majority" in each house of the Parliament of India.
  • The second type of amendments includes that can be effected by the parliament by a prescribed "special majority" in each house; and
  • The third type of amendments includes those that require, in addition to such "special majority" in each house of the parliament, ratification by at least one half of the State Legislatures.

The third type amendments that are made to the constitution are amendments No. 3, 6, 7, 8, 13, 14, 15, 16, 22, 23, 24, 25, 28, 30, 31, 32, 35, 36, 38, 39, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 51, 54, 61, 62, 70, 73, 74, 75, 79, 84, 88, 95, 99, 101 and 104.[3]

Although constitutional amendments require the support of a two-thirds majority in both houses of Parliament (with some amendments requiring ratification by a majority of state legislatures), the Indian Constitution is the most amended national constitution in the world.[4] The Constitution spells out governmental powers with so much detail that many matters addressed by statute in other democracies must be addressed via constitutional amendment in India. As a result, the Constitution is amended roughly twice a year. The main purpose of the amendments is to become more relevant.

  1. ^ "Amendments | National Portal of India". india.gov.in. Archived from the original on 22 November 2018. Retrieved 11 March 2019.
  2. ^ "The Constitution Amendment Acts". Indiacode.nic.in. Archived from the original on 27 April 2008. Retrieved 19 November 2011.
  3. ^ "Constitution Amendment: Nature and Scope of the Amending Process, (page 10)" (PDF). Lok Sabha Secretariat. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 December 2013. Retrieved 1 December 2013.
  4. ^ Krishnamurthi, Vivek (2009). "Colonial Cousins: Explaining India and Canada's Unwritten Constitutional Principles" (PDF). Yale Journal of International Law. 34 (1): 219. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016.

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