42nd Amendment (1976)

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Statements (53)
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gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:Act_of_Parliament
gptkbp:addedFundamentalDuties Yes
gptkbp:addedPart gptkb:Part_IVA_(Fundamental_Duties)
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
Article 366
Article 132
Article 226
gptkbp:articleInserted gptkb:Article_39A
gptkb:Article_43A
gptkb:Article_48A
gptkb:Article_51A
gptkbp:criticizedFor undermining democracy
gptkbp:curtailedJudicialReview Yes
gptkbp:dateAssented 18 December 1976
gptkbp:dateEnacted gptkb:The_Emergency_(India)
gptkbp:effectOnDirectivePrinciples Gave primacy over Fundamental Rights
gptkbp:effectOnFederalism Strengthened central government
gptkbp:effectOnFundamentalDuties Introduced Fundamental Duties for citizens
gptkbp:effectOnPreamble Added Socialist, Secular, and Integrity
gptkbp:enteredIntoForce 3 January 1977
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label 42nd Amendment (1976)
gptkbp:increasedLokSabhaTerm 6 years
gptkbp:increasedStateAssemblyTerm 6 years
gptkbp:limitedJudiciaryPower Yes
gptkbp:madeIndia Sovereign, Socialist, Secular, Democratic Republic
gptkbp:numberOfArticles 4
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gptkbp:numberOfPartsAdded 1
gptkbp:numberOfSchedulesAmended 7
gptkbp:officialName gptkb:The_Constitution_(Forty-second_Amendment)_Act,_1976
gptkbp:passedBy gptkb:Parliament_of_India
gptkbp:promotion gptkb:President_Fakhruddin_Ali_Ahmed
gptkbp:proposedBy gptkb:Indira_Gandhi_government
gptkbp:purpose to reduce the power of the judiciary and strengthen the central government
gptkbp:repealedBy gptkb:44th_Amendment_(1978)
gptkbp:significance Most comprehensive amendment to Indian Constitution
gptkbp:year 1976
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Constitution_of_India
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4