Forty-third Amendment of the Constitution of India

The Constitution (Forty-third Amendment) Act, 1977
Parliament of India
  • An Act further to amend the Constitution of India.
Territorial extentIndia
Passed byLok Sabha
Passed20 December 1977
Passed byRajya Sabha
Passed23 December 1977
Assented to13 April 1978
Effective13 April 1978
Legislative history
First chamber: Lok Sabha
Bill titleThe Constitution (Forty-fourth Amendment) Bill, 1977
Introduced byShanti Bhushan, Minister of Law, Justice and Company Affairs
Introduced16 December 1977
Amends
Constitution of India
Status: Spent

The Forty-third Amendment of the Constitution of India, officially known as the Constitution (Forty-third Amendment) Act, 1977, repealed six articles that had been inserted into the Constitution by the 42nd Amendment which had been enacted by the Indira Gandhi-led Indian National Congress during the Emergency. The 43rd Amendment was enacted by the newly elected 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".[1]

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 ^ "'Issue too academic', so PIL on socialism in statute withdrawn".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