Ninety-fifth Amendment of the Constitution of India

The Constitution (Ninety-fifth Amendment) Act, 2009
Parliament of India
Long title An Act further to amend the Constitution of India.
Citation	95th Amendment
Territorial extent	India
Passed by	Lok Sabha
Passed	3 August 2009
Passed by	Rajya Sabha
Passed	4 August 2009
Assented to	18 January 2010
Signed by	Pratibha Patil
Commenced	25 January 2010
Date of expiry	26 January 2020
Legislative history
First chamber: Lok Sabha
Bill title	The Constitution (One Hundred and Ninth Amendment) Bill, 2009
Bill citation	Bill No. XX of 2009
Introduced by	M. Veerappa Moily
Introduced	30 July 2009
Related legislation
8th, 23rd, 45th, 62nd and 79th Amendments.
Summary
Extended the period of reservation of seats for the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes and Anglo-Indians in the Lok Sabha and the State Legislative Assemblies till 2020
Status: Spent

The Ninety-fifth Amendment of the Constitution of India, officially known as The Constitution (Ninety-fifth Amendment) Act, 2009, extended the period of reservation of seats for the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes and representation of the Anglo-Indians in the Lok Sabha and the State Legislative Assemblies for another ten years, i.e. up to 26 January 2020.

Article 334 of the Constitution had originally required the reservation of elected seats to cease in 1960, but this was extended to 1970 by the 8th Amendment. The period of reservation was extended to 1980, 1990,^[1] 2000 and 2010 by the 23rd, 45th, 62nd and 79th Amendments respectively. The 95th Amendment extended the period of reservation to 2020. The period of reservation was further extended to 2030 by the 104th Amendment.