Paper I · 5 Indian Polity & Governance · 5.1.4 Amendment and basic structure

5.1.4.4 42nd and 44th Amendments

The 42nd Amendment (1976), passed during the Emergency, centralised power and curbed courts; the 43rd and 44th Amendments (1977–78) of the Janata government undid much of it and added safeguards against another Emergency.

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Key terms

  • Mini-Constitution
  • Swaran Singh Committee
  • Emergency
  • Fundamental Duties
  • socialist secular integrity
  • armed rebellion
  • right to property
  • 43rd Amendment
  • Janata government

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