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{{short description|Body or institute established by the Constitution of India}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2019}}

In [[India]], a '''Constitutional body''' is a body or institute established by the [[Constitution of India]]. They can only be created or changed by passing a [[constitutional amendment]] bill, rather than an Act of Parliament.

The members of [[Constituent Assembly of India]] recognised the need for independent institutions which can regulate sectors of national importance without any executive interference. As such, they introduced constitutional provisions, paving the way for creation of Constitutional bodies. A classic example of a constitutional body is the [[Election Commission of India]], which is created to conduct and regulate the national and state elections in India.

A Constitutional body has either complete independence or functional independence when discharging their constitutional obligations. In India, typically members of such constitutional bodies can only be removed by a 2/3 rd majority vote in both houses of [[Parliament]].

== Lists of constitutional bodies from article 76 to 350B ==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Article !! Constitutional Bodies
|-
| 76 || [[Attorney General of India]]
|-
| 148 || [[Comptroller and Auditor General of India]]
|-
| 165|| [[Advocate general (India)|Advocate General Of State]]
|-
| 243-I|| State Finance Commission
|-
| 243-K|| [[States Election Commission (India)|State Election Commission]]
|-
| 243ZD|| [[District Planning Committee]]
|-
| 243ZE|| Metropolitan Planning Committee
|-
| 263|| [[Inter-State Council]]
|-
| 280|| [[Finance Commission]]
|-
| 279A|| [[Goods and Services Tax (India)|Goods and Service Tax Council]]<ref>{{cite web |last1=THE GAZETTE OF INDIA |title=THE CONSTITUTION (ONE HUNDRED AND FIRST AMENDMENT) ACT, 2016|url=http://gstcouncil.gov.in/sites/default/files/consti-amend-act.pdf |website=www.google.in |publisher=MINISTRY OF LAW AND JUSTICE |accessdate=6 January 2019}}</ref>
|-
| 315-323|| [[Union Public Service Commission|UPSC]] and State Public Service Commission
|-
| 324|| [[Election Commission of India]]
|-
| 338|| [[National Commission for Scheduled Castes]]
|-
| 338A || [[National Commission for Scheduled Tribes]]
|-
| 338B || [[National Commission for Backward Classes]]<ref>{{cite web |last1=THE GAZETTE OF INDIA |title=THE CONSTITUTION (ONE HUNDRED AND SECOND AMENDMENT) ACT, 2018 |url=http://socialjustice.nic.in/writereaddata/UploadFile/Constitution_102_Amendment636707193978883893.pdf |website=www.google.in |publisher=MINISTRY OF LAW AND JUSTICE |accessdate=10 January 2019}}</ref>
|-
| 339<br />|| Scheduled Area and Scheduled Tribes Commission
|-
| 340|| Backward Classes Commission
|-
| 344|| Official Language Commission and Official Language Committee of Parliament
|-
| 350B|| Special Officer for Linguistic Minorities
|}

== See also ==
* [[Constitutional body]]

== References ==
{{cite book|last1=Laxmikanth|first1=M|title=Indian Polity|date=2020|publisher=McGraw Hill Education|location=Chennai, India|year=2020|isbn=978-93-5260-363-3|page=51.2|edition=sixth}}
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