The Constitution (Forty-third Amendment) Act, 1977 | |
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Parliament of India | |
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Territorial extent | India |
Passed by | Lok Sabha |
Passed | 20 December 1977 |
Passed by | Rajya Sabha |
Passed | 23 December 1977 |
Assented to | 13 April 1978 |
Effective | 13 April 1978 |
Legislative history | |
First chamber: Lok Sabha | |
Bill title | The Constitution (Forty-fourth Amendment) Bill, 1977 |
Introduced by | Shanti Bhushan, Minister of Law, Justice and Company Affairs |
Introduced | 16 December 1977 |
Amends | |
Constitution of India | |
Status: Spent |
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Preamble |
The Forty-third Amendment of the Constitution of India, officially known as the Constitution (Forty-third Amendment) Act, 1977, repealed six articles that had been inserted into the Constitution by the 42nd Amendment which had been enacted by the Indira Gandhi-led Indian National Congress during the Emergency. The 43rd Amendment was enacted by the newly elected Janata Party which had won the 1977 general elections campaigning on a promise to "restore the Constitution to the condition it was in before the Emergency".[1]