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Procedure For Amending Indian Constitution - Key-भारतीय संविधान में संशोधन की प्रक्रिया - कुंजी अवधारणाओं
Procedure For Amending Indian Constitution - Key-भारतीय संविधान में संशोधन की प्रक्रिया - कुंजी अवधारणाओं
Concepts
• The Indian Constitution is a unique mixture of rigidity as well as
flexibility. In this regard Article 368 of the Constitution
provides for two different methods of amendment.
• The first method is the flexible method, under which the
Parliament may unilaterally amend certain articles of the
Constitution.
• The United Kingdom having an unwritten constitution is the
best example of an extremely flexible Constitution and there
is no distinction between the legislative power and constituent
power. Both types of laws can be passed with the same
ordinary process of legislation.
• The other method is the rigid method, which requires that
after the parliament has passed the constitutional amendment
bill it is sent to the state legislature at least 1/2 of them should
ratify it by way of a resolution only then the Constitution stands
amended.
• For example, the US Constitution is a written Constitution, the
power to amend the constitution is either vested in a body other
than the ordinary legislature or it is vested in the ordinary
legislature, subject to a special procedure of amendment.
India's Case
• It's a mash-up of the two. The Indian Constitution is neither
rigid nor flexible.
• The Idea of amending the constitution has been borrowed from
the Constitution of South Africa.
• The procedure for amendment is detailed under Article 368 in
Part XX of the Constitution.
Constitutional Provisions
Procedure For Amending Indian Constitution -
Constitutional Provisions
• A private member's bill or a minister's bill must be introduced
to modify the constitution. The president's approval is not
required. It can be carried out in any home. It requires a
special majority of two-thirds of the members of the House
present and voting, as well as a majority (that is, more than
50%) of the overall membership of the House.
• A similar procedure is followed in the other house before being
referred to the president for his assent. It requires the
President's mandatory consent.
• If an amendment affects the federal aspects of the constitution,
it must be approved by a simple majority of state legislatures
before being brought to the president for assent. An ordinance
cannot modify the constitution. There is also no provision for
joint sitting in the event of a disagreement.
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o Provision dealing with the amendment of the Constitution
(Article 368) itself.
Salient Features
Salient Features Of Amendment Procedure
• Our constitution vests constituent power upon the ordinary
legislature of the Union, i.e. Parliament and there is no
separate body for amending the constitution as exists in some
other countries.
• Introduction of Bill for the amendment of the Constitution
can be introduced only in Parliament not in State Legislature.
• To introduce a constitution amendment bill in the
parliament, no prior permission of the President is required.
• Both houses of Parliament must pass it separately.
• In the final state, constitution amendment bill is presented to
the President for his assent which the president cannot refuse.
विशेष बहुमत से संशोधन
• संविधान में संशोधन केिल संसद के वकसी भी सदन के उद्दे श्य के वलए
विधेयक पेश करके शुरू वकया िा सकता है ।
• िब कोई विधेयक प्रत्येक सदन में उपखथथत और मतदान करने िाले सदस्यों
के कम से कम 2/3 सदस्यों के बहुमत से पाररत हो िाता है ।
• संविधान के वनम्नवलखखत प्रािधान भी इसी श्रेणी में आते हैं :
o मौवलक अवधकार
o राज्य के नीवत वनदे शक वसद्ां त
o संविधान के सभी भागों में, अनुच्छेद 368 में उखिखखत विवशि प्रािधानों को
छोड़कर, इस पद्वत द्वारा संशोवधत वकया िा सकता है ।
राज्य विधानमंडल द्वारा अनुसमथा न के साथ विशेष बहुमत
• 50% से अवधक राज्यों का गठन करने िाले बहुमत पर विचार वकया िाता है ।
संविधान के ऐसे प्रािधान के वलए, संसद के प्रत्येक सदन द्वारा उस सदन की
कुल सदस्यता के बहुमत से और सदस्यों के कम से कम 2/3 बहुमत से एक
संशोधन विधेयक पाररत वकया िाना है ।