Constitution (42nd Amendment) Act, 1976

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Constitution_(42nd_Amendment)_Act,_1976

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Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:Act_of_Parliament
gptkbp:addedFundamentalDuties	Yes
gptkbp:addedPart	Part IVA
gptkbp:addedWordsToPreamble	Socialist Secular Integrity
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs	gptkb:Mini-Constitution
gptkbp:amendedBy	gptkb:Article_368 gptkb:Article_39 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_359 gptkb:Article_51A gptkb:Article_74 gptkb:Article_83 gptkb:Article_144 gptkb:Article_358 Article 366 Article 132 Article 226
gptkbp:articleInserted	gptkb:Article_51A
gptkbp:category	Indian constitutional law 1976 in Indian law
gptkbp:curtailedJudicialReview	Yes
gptkbp:dateEnacted	18 December 1976
gptkbp:enactedBy	gptkb:Parliament_of_India
gptkbp:enteredIntoForce	3 January 1977
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Constitution (42nd Amendment) Act, 1976
gptkbp:increasedLokSabhaTerm	6 years
gptkbp:increasedStateAssemblyTerm	6 years
gptkbp:locationEnacted	gptkb:New_Delhi
gptkbp:madeDirectivePrinciplesSupreme	Yes
gptkbp:numberOfArticles	1 59
gptkbp:numberOfArticlesOmitted	2
gptkbp:numberOfPartsAdded	1
gptkbp:numberOfSchedulesAmended	7
gptkbp:PresidentDuringEnactment	gptkb:Fakhruddin_Ali_Ahmed
gptkbp:PrimeMinisterDuringEnactment	gptkb:Indira_Gandhi
gptkbp:purpose	To reduce the power of the judiciary and strengthen the central government
gptkbp:repealedBy	Constitution (44th Amendment) Act, 1978 (partially)
gptkbp:restrictedHighCourtPowers	Yes
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Constitution_(44th_Amendment)_Act,_1978
gptkbp:bfsLayer	6