Constitution 13th Amendment Act, 1962

Nagaland was present as a tribal area within the State of Assam. An agreement was made in July 1960 between the Government of India and the leaders of Naga People’s Convention to incorporate the state of Nagaland in to the ..

Constitution 12th Amendment Act, 1962

There was a need to incorporate Goa, Daman and Diu as a Union Territory, consequent to acquisition from Portugal and also to empower President to make regulations for the peace, progress and good government of the territory. Important provisions First ..

Constitution 11th Amendment Act, 1961

Article 66(1) requires the members of the two Houses of Parliament to assemble at a joint sitting for the election of the Vice President. This provision of the article seemed to be unnecessary. So, it was amended. Also, it was ..

Constitution 10th Amendment Act, 1961

People of free Dadra and Nagar Haveli adopted a resolution on 12 June 1961 for integration of their territories with the Union of India. Subsequently, these areas were made part of specific Union Territory with effect from August 11, 1961. ..

Constitution 7th Amendment Act, 1956

The 7th Amendment of Indian Constitution was needed to implement the recommendations of the States Reorganisation Commission regarding the reorganization of the states on a linguistic basis.  It paved way for doing away with classification of states in A, B, ..

Constitution First Amendment Act, 1951

The First Amendment was passed in 1951 by the Provisional Parliament, which was elected on a limited franchise. The Statement of Reasons (SOR) relating to the First Amendment said: “Challenges to agrarian laws or laws relating to land reform were ..

National Commission for Minorities: Issue of Constitutional Status

National Commission for Minorities has been in existence for 38 years and there were recent debates on scrapping this body. Important Facts Officially, there are 6 minorities in India viz. Muslims, Christians, Sikhs, Buddhists, Parsis and Jains. The Union Government ..

Other Salient Features of the Constitution

[no_toc] Integrated and Independent Judiciary The judicial system prevalent under constitutional arrangement in India is integrated and independent. In the integrated system the Supreme Court of India stands at the apex of the judicial system in the country. Below it, ..