Constitutional

Amendments Series
Kapil Sikka
8 th
Amendment
1959
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 STATEMENT OF OBJECTS AND REASONS
• amended article 334 of the Constitution in order to extend the period of
reservation of seats for the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes and
representation of the Anglo-Indians in the Lok Sabha and the State Legislative
Assemblies for ten years, i.e. up to 26 January 1970.

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 Article 334
• Article 334 had stipulated that the reservation of seats should expire within a
period of ten years from the commencement of the Constitution (i.e. 26
January 1960).

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• Amendment of article 334.-In article 334 of the Constitution, for
the words "ten years" the words "twenty years" shall be substituted.

• The 8th Amendment extended the period for reservations to 1970.

• The period of reservation was extended to 1980, 1990, 2000, 2010, 2020
and 2030 by the 23rd, 45th, 62nd, 79th, 95th and 104th Amendments
respectively.
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