CIVIL EXAM
SUBJECT: CONSTITUTION AMENDMENT ACT
Eleventh Amendment Act, 1961
• Changed the procedure of election of the vice-president by providing for an electoral college instead of a joint meeting of the two Houses of Parliament.
• Provided that the election of the president or vice-president cannot be challenged on the ground of any vacancy in the appropriate electoral college.
Twelfth constitutional Amendment Act-1962
• Incorporated Goa, Daman and Diu in the Indian Union.
Thirteenth Amendment Act, 1962
• Gave the status of a state to Nagaland and made special provisions for it.
Fourteenth constitutional Amendment Act-1962
• Incorporated Puducherry in the Indian Union
Fifteenth constitutional Amendment Act-1963
• Increased the retirement age of high court judges from 60 to 62 years
Sixteenth Amendment Act, 1963
• Included sovereignty and integrity in the forms of oaths or affirmations to be subscribed by contestants to the legislatures, members of the legislatures, ministers, judges and CAG of India.
Seventeenth Amendment Act, 1964
• Prohibited the acquisition of land under personal cultivation unless the market value of the land is paid as compensation.
Eighteenth Amendment Act, 1966
• Made it clear that the power of Parliament to form a new state also includes a power to form a new state or union territory by uniting a part of a state or a union territory to another state or union territory.
Nineteenth Amendment Act, 1966
• Abolished the system of Election Tribunals and vested the power to hear election
Twentieth Amendment Act, 1966
• Validated certain appointments of district judges in the UP which were declared void by the Supreme Court.
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