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07 Jan

IMPORTANT CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS 

Amendment (Year)Key Provision / Significance
7th Amendment (1956)Allowed appointment of one Governor for two or more states
11th Amendment (1961)Changed Vice-President’s election → Electoral College of members of both Houses (no joint sitting)
24th Amendment (1971)Parliament’s power to amend Constitution affirmed; Article 368 amended
25th Amendment (1971)Curtailed Right to Property; introduced Article 31C
31st Amendment (1973)Increased Lok Sabha seats from 525 to 545
39th Amendment (1975)Election of PM, President, VP, Speaker kept outside judicial review
42nd Amendment (1976)Introduced All India Judicial Services; known as Mini Constitution
44th Amendment (1978)Replaced “internal disturbance” with “armed rebellion”
84th Amendment (2002)Delimitation freeze till first census after 2026
94th Amendment (2006)Removed requirement of separate Tribal Welfare Minister in Bihar & MP
99th Amendment (2014)Created NJAC for judicial appointments
NJAC Judgment (2015)Supreme Court declared 99th Amendment unconstitutional & void
100th Amendment (2015)India–Bangladesh Land Boundary (Enclave) Agreement implemented
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