42nd Amendment to the Constitution of India

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gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:Act_of_Parliament
gptkbp:addedPart gptkb:Part_IVA_(Fundamental_Duties)
gptkbp:addedSchedule gptkb:Schedule_X
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_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
gptkbp:country gptkb:India
gptkbp:criticizedFor undermining democracy
curtailing judicial independence
excessive centralization
gptkbp:dateEnacted 18 December 1976
gptkbp:effect added Fundamental Duties
made Directive Principles superior to Fundamental Rights
extended Lok Sabha and State Legislative Assemblies' term from 5 to 6 years
empowered Parliament to make laws for any part of India
curtailed judicial review
restricted power of High Courts
strengthened central government powers
limited power of courts to review constitutional amendments
made President bound by advice of Council of Ministers
gptkbp:enteredIntoForce 3 January 1977
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label 42nd Amendment to the Constitution of India
gptkbp:passedBy gptkb:Parliament_of_India
gptkbp:period gptkb:Emergency_(1975-1977)
gptkbp:proposedBy gptkb:Indira_Gandhi
gptkbp:purpose to strengthen the central government
to add the words 'Socialist', 'Secular', and 'Integrity' to the Preamble
to reduce the power of the Supreme Court and High Courts
gptkbp:repealedBy gptkb:44th_Amendment_to_the_Constitution_of_India
gptkbp:signedBy gptkb:Fakhruddin_Ali_Ahmed
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Indian_Emergency_(1975-1977)
gptkb:Emergency_(India,_1975-77)
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7