Sixty-second Amendment of the Constitution of India

The Constitution (Sixty-second Amendment) Act, 1989
Parliament of India
Long title An Act further to amend the Constitution of India.
Citation	62nd Amendment
Territorial extent	India
Passed by	Rajya Sabha
Passed	21 December 1989
Passed by	Lok Sabha
Passed	26 December 1989
Assented to	25 January 1990
Signed by	R. Venkataraman
Commenced	25 January 1990
Date of expiry	26 January 2000
Legislative history
First chamber: Rajya Sabha
Bill title	The Constitution (Sixty-second Amendment) Bill, 1989
Introduced by	Ram Vilas Paswan
Introduced	16 December 1989
Related legislation
8th, 23rd, 45th, 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 2000.
Status: Spent

The Sixty-second Amendment of the Constitution of India, officially known as The Constitution (Sixty-second Amendment) Act, 1989, 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 2000.

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. The period of reservation was extended to 1980 and 1990^[1] by the 23rd and 45th Amendments respectively. The 62nd Amendment extended the period of reservation to 2000. The period of reservation was further extended to 2010, 2020 and 2030 by the 79th and 95th and 104th Amendments respectively.