42nd Amendment

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Statements (49)
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gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:Act_of_Parliament
gptkbp:addedPart gptkb:Part_IVA_(Fundamental_Duties)
gptkbp:addedSchedule gptkb:Schedule_IX
gptkbp:addedWordsToPreamble Socialist
Secular
Integrity
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:Mini-Constitution
gptkbp:amendedBy gptkb:Article_368
gptkb:Article_103
gptkb:Article_228
gptkb:Article_311
gptkb:Article_31C
gptkb:Article_352
gptkb:Article_353
gptkb:Article_356
gptkb:Article_357
gptkb:Article_74
gptkb:Article_83
gptkb:Article_144
Article 366
Article 132
Article 226
gptkbp:articleInserted gptkb:Article_39A
gptkb:Article_43A
gptkb:Article_48A
gptkb:Article_51A
gptkbp:controversy Seen as an attempt to centralize power
Widely criticized for curbing judicial review
gptkbp:country gptkb:India
gptkbp:date 1976-11-01
gptkbp:dateEnacted 1976-12-18
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label 42nd Amendment
gptkbp:numberOfArticles 14
59
gptkbp:numberOfArticlesOmitted 1
gptkbp:officialName gptkb:The_Constitution_(Forty-second_Amendment)_Act,_1976
gptkbp:passedBy gptkb:Parliament_of_India
gptkbp:presidentAssent gptkb:Fakhruddin_Ali_Ahmed
gptkbp:primeMinister gptkb:Indira_Gandhi
gptkbp:purpose To strengthen the central government
To reduce the power of the Supreme Court and High Courts
To make India a socialist, secular, and integrity-based republic
gptkbp:repealedBy gptkb:44th_Amendment
1978
gptkbp:significance Introduced Fundamental Duties for citizens
Changed the nature of the Indian federal structure
Most comprehensive amendment to the Indian Constitution
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Directive_Principles_of_State_Policy
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5