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It will be appropriate here to describe the major Constitutional Amendment in chronological order.
Scheduled Tribes and Anglo-Indian and further extend the period of reservation by another ten years, which means in effect thirty years from the commencement of the Constitution.
country. Fundamental Duties : The 42nd Amendment Act inserted Article 51-A to create a new part called IV-A in the Constitution, which prescribed the fundamental duties to the citizens. Emergency : Prior to 42nd Amendment Act, the President could declare emergency under Article 352 throughout the country and not in a part of the country alone. The Act authorised the President to proclaim emergency in any part of the country. The dominant thrust of the Amendment was to reduce the role of courts, particularly, that of the High Courts. It also sought to strengthen Parliament in various ways which in effect, added to the power of the Central Government it drew enormous criticism particularly for it was pushed through during Emergency.