24th Amendment to the Constitution of India

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The 24th Amendment to the Constitution of India is a 1971 constitutional change that affirmed Parliament’s power to amend any part of the Constitution, including fundamental rights, in response to Supreme Court rulings that had limited this authority.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Amendment to the Constitution of India ⓘ
affectedArticle Article 13 of the Constitution of India ⓘ
Article 368 of the Constitution of India ⓘ
amendmentNumber 24 ⓘ
assentBy President of India ⓘ
V. V. Giri ⓘ
cameIntoForceOn 5 November 1971 ⓘ
clarified That Parliament has power to amend any provision of the Constitution ⓘ
That constitutional amendments are not laws for the purposes of Article 13 ⓘ
That the President of India is bound to give assent to a Constitution Amendment Bill duly passed by Parliament ⓘ
constitutionalCategory Amendments relating to Article 368 ⓘ
constitutionalTheme Amendability of fundamental rights ⓘ
Parliamentary sovereignty in constitutional amendment ⓘ
country India ⓘ
dateOfPresidentialAssent 5 November 1971 ⓘ
enactedDuring Fourth Lok Sabha ⓘ
insertedProvision Sub-article (1) to Article 368 of the Constitution of India ⓘ
Sub-article (3) to Article 368 of the Constitution of India ⓘ
Sub-article (4) to Article 13 of the Constitution of India ⓘ
introducedBy Government of India ⓘ
Indira Gandhi government ⓘ
linked to: Indira Gandhi
jurisdiction Union of India ⓘ
languageOfEnactment English ⓘ
legalEffect Expanded the formal scope of Parliament’s amending power ⓘ
Made explicit the procedure and authority for constitutional amendments under Article 368 ⓘ
legislature Lok Sabha ⓘ
Rajya Sabha ⓘ
longTitle An Act further to amend the Constitution of India ⓘ
overruledJudicialPosition The view in Golaknath v. State of Punjab that Parliament could not amend fundamental rights ⓘ
parliamentaryBody Parliament of India ⓘ
partOf Constitution of India ⓘ
politicalContext Period of constitutional conflict between Parliament and Supreme Court of India ⓘ
primeMinisterAtEnactment Indira Gandhi ⓘ
purpose To affirm Parliament’s power to amend any part of the Constitution of India ⓘ
To clarify that Parliament can amend fundamental rights under the Constitution of India ⓘ
reason Enacted in response to Supreme Court rulings that limited Parliament’s amending power ⓘ
relatedCourtCase Golaknath v. State of Punjab ⓘ
Kesavananda Bharati v. State of Kerala ⓘ
relatedDoctrine Basic structure doctrine ⓘ
shortName Twenty-fourth Amendment ⓘ
status In force ⓘ
subjectMatter Constitutional amendment procedure ⓘ
Fundamental rights ⓘ
Separation of powers between Parliament and judiciary ⓘ
typeOfChange Textual amendment to constitutional provisions ⓘ
yearOfEnactment 1971 ⓘ

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Article 368 → wasAmendedBy → 24th Amendment to the Constitution of India ⓘ
Article 368 of the Constitution of India → wasAmendedBy → 24th Constitutional Amendment Act, 1971 ⓘ
linked to: 24th Amendment to the Constitution of India