Forty-fifth Amendment of the Constitution of India

The Constitution (Forty-fifth Amendment) Act, 1980
Parliament of India
  • An Act further to amend the Constitution of India.
Citation45th Amendment
Territorial extentIndia
Passed byLok Sabha
Passed24 January 1980
Passed byRajya Sabha
Passed25 January 1980
Assented to14 April 1980
Signed byNeelam Sanjiva Reddy
Commenced25 January 1980
Date of expiry26 January 1990
Legislative history
First chamber: Lok Sabha
Bill titleThe Constitution (Forty-fifth Amendment) Bill, 1980
Introduced byZail Singh
Introduced16 January 1980
Related legislation
8th, 23rd, 62nd, 79th and 95th Amendments
Summary
Extended the period of reservation of seats for the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes and Anglo-Indians in the Lok Sabha and the State Legislative Assemblies till 1990.
Status: Spent

The Forty-fifth Amendment of the Constitution of India, officially known as The Constitution (Forty-fifth Amendment) Act, 1980, extended 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 another ten years, i.e. up to 26 January 1990.

Article 334 of the Constitution had originally required the reservation of seats to cease in 1960, but this was extended to 1970 by the 8th Amendment, and the 23rd Amendment extended this period to 1980. The 45th Amendment extended the period of reservation to 1990.[1] The period of reservation was extended to 2000, 2010, 2020 and 2030 by the 62nd, 79th, 95th and 104th Amendments respectively.

  1. ^ C.L. Anand. Equality Justice and Reverse Discrimination. Mittal Publications. p. 17. Retrieved 26 November 2013.