Forty-fourth Amendment of the Constitution of India

The Constitution (Forty-fourth Amendment) Act, 1978
Parliament of India
  • An Act further to amend the Constitution of India.
Territorial extentIndia
Passed byLok Sabha
Passed7 December 1978
Passed byRajya Sabha
Passed31 August 1978
Assented to30 April 1979
Effective30 April 1979
Legislative history
First chamber: Lok Sabha
Bill titleThe Constitution (Forty-fifth Amendment) Bill, 1978
Bill citationBill No. 88 of 1978
Introduced byShanti Bhushan, Minister of Law, Justice and Company Affairs
Introduced15 May 1978
Amends
Constitution of India
Status: In force

The Forty-fourth Amendment of the Constitution of India, officially known as the Constitution (Forty-fourth Amendment) Act, 1978, was enacted by the Janata Party which had won the 1977 general elections campaigning on a promise to "restore the Constitution to the condition it was in before the Emergency". The Amendment aimed to undo several changes that had been made to the Constitution by the 42nd Amendment which had been enacted by the Indira Gandhi-led Indian National Congress during the Emergency.[1]

  1. ^ "'Issue too academic', so PIL on socialism in statute withdrawn". The Indian Express. 13 July 2010. Retrieved 7 December 2018.