Showing posts with label 24th Amendment Act 1971. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 24th Amendment Act 1971. Show all posts

Monday, July 9, 2012

24th Amendment Act 1971


 In order to remove difficulties created by the decision of Supreme Court in GOLAKNATH'S case parliament enacted the 24th amendment Act. The amendment has made the following amendments:

  1. It has added a new clause (4) to article 13 which provides that 'nothing in this article shall apply to any amendment of this constitution made under article 368.
  2. It substituted a new marginal heading to article 368 in place of the old heading "procedure for amendment of the constitution". The new heading is "power of parliament to amend the constitution and procedure thereof."
  3. It inserted a sub clause (1) in article 368 which provi