Important Constitutional Amendments

S No.YearAmendment ActDescription
1.19511stspecial provisions for the advancement of socially and backward classes

Provided for the saving of laws, providing for the acquisition of estates, etc.

Three more grounds of restrictions (reasonable and justiciable) on Article 19 (1) (Freedom of speech and expression) were added:
Public order
Friendly relations with foreign states
Incitement to an offence

Provided that state trading and nationalisation of any trade or business by the state is not to be invalid on the ground of violation of the right to trade or business.

Added Ninth Schedule to protect the land reforms and other laws included in it from the judicial review. After Article 31, Articles 31A and 31B were inserted.
Fourth Amendment Act, 1955 included some more Acts in the Ninth Schedule
17th Amendment Act, 1964 included 44 more Acts in the Ninth Schedule
29th Amendment Act, 1972 included two Kerala Acts on land reforms in the Ninth Schedule
34th Amendment Act, 1974 included twenty more land tenure and land reforms acts of various states in the Ninth Schedule
2.19522ndThe scale of representation in the Lok Sabha was readjusted stating that 1 member can represent even more than 7.5 lakh people.
3.19554th Made the scale of compensation given in lieu of compulsory acquisition of private property beyond the scrutiny of courts.
Authorised the state to nationalise any trade.
Included some more Acts in the Ninth Schedule.
Extended the scope of Article 31 A (savings of laws).
4.19567thSecond and Seventh Schedules(Modifications to the lists relating to the acquisition and requisition of property) were amended
Abolished the existing classification of states into four categories i.e., Part A, Part B, Part C, and Part D states, and reorganised them into 14 states and 6 union territories.
Extended the jurisdiction of high courts to union territories.
Provided for the establishment of a common high court for two or more states.
Provided for the appointment of additional and acting judges of the high court.
5.19609thAdjustments to Indian territory as a result of a 1958 Indo-Pak agreement with Pakistan:
Cession of Berubari Union (located in West Bengal) territory in India to Pakistan.
6.196110thIncorporation of Dadra, Nagar and Haveli in the Union of Indian as a Union Territory, consequent to acquisition from Portugal.
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Important Fact

Article 368 – Power of Parliament to amend the Constitution and procedure therefor

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