Article 368 of the Constitution of India

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Article 368 of the Constitution of India is the provision that lays down the procedure and scope for amending the Constitution, defining how and to what extent Parliament can alter its provisions.

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Article 368 of the Constitution of India canonical 6

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Predicate Object
instanceOf constitutional provision ⓘ
appliesTo State Governments of India ⓘ
Union Government of India ⓘ
linked to: Union Government

amendment of provisions relating to the Seventh Schedule of the Constitution of India ⓘ
amendment of provisions relating to the election of the President of India ⓘ
amendment of provisions relating to the federal structure ⓘ
amendment of provisions relating to the powers of the Supreme Court and High Courts ⓘ
amendment of provisions relating to the representation of States in Parliament ⓘ
cameIntoForceOn 26 January 1950 ⓘ
clarifies no prior recommendation of the President is required to introduce a Constitutional Amendment Bill ⓘ
currentlyContains five clauses ⓘ
defines procedure for amendment of the Constitution of India ⓘ
scope of Parliament’s power to amend the Constitution of India ⓘ
special majority for constitutional amendment ⓘ
distinguishesFrom ordinary legislative procedure under Article 107 ⓘ
grantsPowerTo Parliament of India ⓘ
hasBeenInterpretedBy Supreme Court of India ⓘ
hasPart Article 368(1) ⓘ
Article 368(2) ⓘ
Article 368(3) ⓘ
Article 368(4) ⓘ
Article 368(5) ⓘ
language English ⓘ
legalDomain constitutional law ⓘ
limits Parliament’s power to amend the Constitution by the basic structure doctrine as interpreted by the Supreme Court ⓘ
locatedInJurisdiction Republic of India ⓘ
linked to: India
originallyContained two clauses ⓘ
partOf Constitution of India ⓘ
provides a Constitutional Amendment Bill cannot be treated as an ordinary bill ⓘ
regulates manner of exercising constituent power by Parliament ⓘ
relatedDoctrine basic structure doctrine ⓘ
requires President of India’s assent to a Constitutional Amendment Bill ⓘ
introduction of a Constitutional Amendment Bill in either House of Parliament ⓘ
majority of not less than two-thirds of the members of each House present and voting for amendment ⓘ
majority of the total membership of each House of Parliament for amendment ⓘ
passage of a Constitutional Amendment Bill in each House of Parliament by a special majority ⓘ
specifies certain amendments require ratification by at least one-half of the State Legislatures ⓘ
states no amendment of the Constitution can be initiated without a Bill in Parliament ⓘ
subjectMatter amendment of the Constitution of India ⓘ
wasAdoptedOn 26 November 1949 ⓘ
wasAmendedBy 24th Constitutional Amendment Act, 1971 ⓘ
42nd Constitutional Amendment Act, 1976 ⓘ
44th Constitutional Amendment Act, 1978 ⓘ
wasSignificantlyInterpretedIn Golaknath v. State of Punjab ⓘ
Kesavananda Bharati v. State of Kerala ⓘ
Minerva Mills Ltd. v. Union of India ⓘ
Sajjan Singh v. State of Rajasthan ⓘ

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

Article 368 → citedAs → Article 368 of the Constitution of India ⓘ
basic structure doctrine → relatedTo → Article 368 of the Constitution of India ⓘ
Legislative process in India → constitutionalAmendmentProcessGovernedBy → Article 368 of the Constitution of India ⓘ
Sajjan Singh v. State of Rajasthan → legalProvisionInIssue → Article 368 of the Constitution of India ⓘ
24th Amendment to the Constitution of India → affectedArticle → Article 368 of the Constitution of India ⓘ
Minerva Mills Ltd. v. Union of India → relatedToConstitutionalArticles → Article 368 of the Constitution of India ⓘ