Constitution (Ninety-ninth Amendment) Act, 2014

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constitutional amendment of India

The Constitution (Ninety-ninth Amendment) Act, 2014 was an Indian constitutional amendment that sought to replace the collegium system for appointing judges to the higher judiciary with a National Judicial Appointments Commission (NJAC).

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Constitution (Ninety-ninth Amendment) Act, 2014 canonical	3
99th Constitutional Amendment Act	1
Constitution (Ninety-Ninth Amendment) Act, 2014	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5573928 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

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Target entity: Constitution (Ninety-ninth Amendment) Act, 2014
Context triple: [Article 124 of the Constitution of India, amendedBy, Constitution (Ninety-ninth Amendment) Act, 2014]

A. Sixty-ninth Amendment of the Constitution of India
The Sixty-ninth Amendment of the Constitution of India is the 1991 constitutional change that granted Delhi a special status as the National Capital Territory with a legislative assembly and council of ministers.
B. 74th Constitutional Amendment Act of India
The 74th Constitutional Amendment Act of India is a landmark 1992 amendment that granted constitutional status to urban local bodies, strengthening municipal governance and promoting decentralization and local self-government in cities and towns.
C. 73rd Constitutional Amendment Act of India
The 73rd Constitutional Amendment Act of India is a landmark 1992 reform that granted constitutional status to Panchayati Raj institutions, establishing a three-tier system of rural local self-government with defined powers, responsibilities, and reservations.
D. Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation Act, 2019
The Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation Act, 2019 is an Indian law that revoked the former state's special status and split it into the two separate union territories of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh.
E. Ninth Schedule
The Ninth Schedule is a section of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria that lists and organizes key public offices and institutions for constitutional and administrative purposes.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Constitution (Ninety-ninth Amendment) Act, 2014
Target entity description: The Constitution (Ninety-ninth Amendment) Act, 2014 was an Indian constitutional amendment that sought to replace the collegium system for appointing judges to the higher judiciary with a National Judicial Appointments Commission (NJAC).

A. Sixty-ninth Amendment of the Constitution of India
The Sixty-ninth Amendment of the Constitution of India is the 1991 constitutional change that granted Delhi a special status as the National Capital Territory with a legislative assembly and council of ministers.
B. 74th Constitutional Amendment Act of India
The 74th Constitutional Amendment Act of India is a landmark 1992 amendment that granted constitutional status to urban local bodies, strengthening municipal governance and promoting decentralization and local self-government in cities and towns.
C. 73rd Constitutional Amendment Act of India
The 73rd Constitutional Amendment Act of India is a landmark 1992 reform that granted constitutional status to Panchayati Raj institutions, establishing a three-tier system of rural local self-government with defined powers, responsibilities, and reservations.
D. Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation Act, 2019
The Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation Act, 2019 is an Indian law that revoked the former state's special status and split it into the two separate union territories of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh.
E. Ninth Schedule
The Ninth Schedule is a section of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria that lists and organizes key public offices and institutions for constitutional and administrative purposes.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (44)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	constitutional amendment of India ⓘ
abbreviation	NJAC Amendment ⓘ
affectedProvision	Article 124 of the Constitution of India ⓘ Article 217 of the Constitution of India ⓘ Article 222 of the Constitution of India ⓘ Articles 124A of the Constitution of India ⓘ linked to: Article 124A of the Constitution of India Articles 124B of the Constitution of India ⓘ linked to: Article 124B of the Constitution of India Articles 124C of the Constitution of India ⓘ
aimedToRegulate	appointment of judges to the High Courts of India ⓘ appointment of judges to the Supreme Court of India ⓘ
appliedTo	higher judiciary in India ⓘ
basicStructureAspectInvolved	independence of the judiciary ⓘ
constitutionalContext	Constitution of India ⓘ
constitutionalNumber	99 ⓘ
controversy	alleged encroachment on judicial independence by the executive and legislature ⓘ
country	India ⓘ
createdBody	National Judicial Appointments Commission ⓘ
createdCommission	National Judicial Appointments Commission ⓘ
governsBranch	judiciary of India ⓘ linked to: judicial branch of India
introducedBy	Government of India ⓘ
jurisdiction	Union of India ⓘ
language	English ⓘ Hindi ⓘ
legalDomain	constitutional law of India ⓘ
legalEffect	would have altered the composition and role of the body appointing judges ⓘ
legislature	Parliament of India ⓘ
opposedBy	sections of the legal fraternity in India ⓘ
purpose	to change the system of appointment of judges to the higher judiciary in India ⓘ to replace the collegium system for judicial appointments ⓘ
relatedDoctrine	basic structure doctrine ⓘ
relatedReform	judicial reforms in India ⓘ
relatedTo	National Judicial Appointments Commission Act, 2014 ⓘ collegium system of judicial appointments in India ⓘ
replacedSystem	collegium system for appointment of judges ⓘ
shortName	99th Constitutional Amendment Act ⓘ linked to: Constitution (Ninety-ninth Amendment) Act, 2014 Ninety-ninth Amendment ⓘ
status	struck down ⓘ
struckDownBy	Supreme Court of India ⓘ
struckDownInCase	Supreme Court Advocates-on-Record Association v. Union of India (2015) ⓘ
struckDownReason	violation of the basic structure of the Constitution of India ⓘ
subjectMatter	judicial appointments ⓘ judicial transfers ⓘ
typeOfChange	structural change in judicial appointment process ⓘ
year	2014 ⓘ

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Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Article 124 of the Constitution of India → amendedBy → Constitution (Ninety-ninth Amendment) Act, 2014 ⓘ

Constitution (Ninety-ninth Amendment) Act, 2014 → shortName → 99th Constitutional Amendment Act ⓘ

linked to: Constitution (Ninety-ninth Amendment) Act, 2014

Article 124A of the Constitution of India → introducedBy → Constitution (Ninety-ninth Amendment) Act, 2014 ⓘ

Article 124A of the Constitution of India → relatedTo → Constitution (Ninety-ninth Amendment) Act, 2014 ⓘ

Article 124B of the Constitution of India → introducedBy → Constitution (Ninety-Ninth Amendment) Act, 2014 ⓘ