42nd Amendment Act, 1976

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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:The_Constitution_(Forty-second_Amendment)_Act,_1976
gptkbp:amendedBy gptkb:Article_368
gptkb:Article_103
gptkb:Article_311
gptkb:Article_31C
gptkb:Article_352
gptkb:Article_353
gptkb:Article_356
gptkb:Article_357
gptkb:Article_359
gptkb:Article_74
gptkb:Article_83
gptkb:Article_144
gptkb:Article_358
Article 132
Article 226
gptkbp:approvedBy gptkb:Fakhruddin_Ali_Ahmed
gptkbp:articleInserted gptkb:Article_39A
gptkb:Article_43A
gptkb:Article_48A
gptkbp:assentDate 18 December 1976
gptkbp:category Indian constitutional amendments
gptkbp:controversy called 'Mini-Constitution'
criticized for undermining democracy
gptkbp:dateEnacted 1976
gptkbp:effect added Fundamental Duties
curtailed power of judiciary
limited judicial review
reduced powers of state governments
strengthened central government
extended Lok Sabha and State Assemblies' term from 5 to 6 years
made Directive Principles superior to Fundamental Rights
gptkbp:enactedBy gptkb:Parliament_of_India
gptkbp:enteredIntoForce 3 January 1977
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label 42nd Amendment Act, 1976
gptkbp:numberOfArticles 14
59
gptkbp:numberOfPartsAdded 1
gptkbp:numberOfSchedulesAmended 7
gptkbp:period gptkb:Emergency_period_(1975-1977)
gptkbp:primeMinister gptkb:Indira_Gandhi
gptkbp:purpose to make wide-ranging changes to the Constitution of India
gptkbp:repealedBy gptkb:44th_Amendment_Act,_1978_(partially)
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Fundamental_Duties
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5