Thirty-eighth Amendment of the Constitution of India

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The Constitution (Thirty-eighth Amendment) Act, 1975
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Parliament of India
Citation38th Amendment
Territorial extentIndia
Enacted byLok Sabha
Passed23 July 1975
Enacted byRajya Sabha
Passed24 July 1975
Assented to1 August 1975
Commenced1 August 1975
Legislative history
Bill introduced in the Lok SabhaThe Constitution (Thirty-ninth Amendment) Bill, 1975
Bill citationBill No. 54 of 1975
Introduced byH.R. Gokhale
First reading22 July 1975

The Thirty-eighth Amendment of the Constitution of India, officially known as The Constitution (Thirty-eighth Amendment) Act, 1975, made the declaration of "The Emergency" final and conclusive. In particular it codified and enlarged the State's power to remove fundamental rights from its citizens during states of emergency.[1]

Introduced on 22 July 1975, the bill received presidential assent in ten days. The Amendment barred judicial review of proclamations of emergency whether made to meet external, internal, or financial threats (Article 360 for the latter). It also barred judicial review of overlapping emergency proclamations, or ordinances promulgated by the President or by governors, and of laws enacted during emergencies that contravened Fundamental Rights.[2]

Ratification[edit]

The Act was passed when it was ratified by more than half of the State Legislatures. State Legislatures that ratified the amendment are listed below:[3]

  1. Andhra Pradesh
  2. Assam
  3. Bihar
  4. Haryana
  5. Himachal Pradesh
  6. Karnataka
  7. Kerala
  8. Madhya Pradesh
  9. Maharashtra
  10. Meghalaya
  11. Orissa
  12. Punjab
  13. Rajasthan
  14. Sikkim
  15. Tripura
  16. Uttar Pradesh
  17. West Bengal

Did not ratify:

  1. Jammu and Kashmir
  2. Gujarat
  3. Manipur
  4. Nagaland
  5. Tamil Nadu


References[edit]

  1. ↑ Henderson, Michael (October 1979). "Setting India's Democratic House in Order: Constitutional Amendments" (PDF). Asian Survey. University of California Press. 19 (10): 946–956. doi:10.1525/as.1979.19.10.01p0088g. Retrieved 26 September 2010.
  2. ↑ Austin, Granville (1999). Working a Democratic Constitution - A History of the Indian Experience. New Delhi: Oxford University Press. pp. 319. ISBN 019565610-5.
  3. ↑ "Constitution Amendment in India" (PDF). Lok Sabha Secretariat. pp. 148–152. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 December 2013. Retrieved 20 May 2015.

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