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Annexure · Part 2

Chapter 12: 12 · POLITICAL SCIENCE

Parliament to amend any part of the constitution including fundamental rights. Made it compulsory for the president to give his assent to a Constitutional Amendment Bill th Amendment Act Curtailed the fundamental right to property. Provided that any law made to give effect to the Directive Principles contained in Article (b) or (c) cannot be challenged on the ground of violation of the rights guaranteed by Articles , and . th Amendment Act Abolished the privy purses and privileges of the former rulers of princely states.

th Amendment Act Empowered the administrators of certain union territories to promulgate ordinances. th Amendment Act Abolished the special privileges of ICS officers and empowered the Parliament to determine their service conditions. th Amendment Act Included two Kerala Acts on land reforms in the Ninth Schedule. th Amendment Act Did away with the provisions which allowed an appeal to the Supreme Court in civil cases involving an amount of , and provided instead that an appeal can be filed in the Supreme Court only if the case involves a substantial question of law.

st Amendment Act Increased the number of Lok Sabha seats from to nd Amendment Act Made special provisions to satisfy the aspirations of the people of the Telangana region in Andhra Pradesh. rd Amendment Act Provided that the resignation of the members of Parliament and the state legislatures may be accepted by the Speaker/Chairman only if he is satisfied that the resignation is voluntary or genuine. th Amendment Act Included twenty more land tenure and land reforms acts of various states in the Ninth Schedule. th Amendment Act Terminated the protectorate status of Sikkim and conferred on it the status of an associate state of the Indian Union.

The Tenth Schedule was added laying down the terms and conditions of association of Sikkim with the Indian Union. th Amendment Act Made Sikkim a full-fledged State of

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