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31 Uttarakhand 9 New, 58, 72, 72A, 72B, 73, 74, 87, 2,842
94,107ANew, 108, 109, 123, 119, 121 , 125,
309ANew, 309B New, 334A, 707ANew
2,2B,6,10 New, 31, 31A, 31C, 31D, 32,34,35,41,
55,60,60A, 80,
32 West Bengal 81,114ANew,116BNew,117,131ANew,133ANew, 2,998
317ANew,327BNew,419New,512New, 717 New,
717ANew
33 Andaman & Nicobar 4 New 331
Dadra & Nagar
34 848A New 31
Haveli
35 Daman and Diu 848B New, 251 New 22
Total 115,435
Sources: Ministry of Road Transport & Highways http://morth.nic.in
AMENDMENTS TO THE CONSTITUTION
1. The Constitution (First Amendment) Act, 1950—This amendment provided for several
new grounds of restrictions to the right to freedom of speech and expression and the right to
practise any profession or to carry on any trade or business as contained in Article 19 of the
Constitution. These restrictions related to public order, friendly relations with foreign States or
incitement to an offence in relation to the right to freedom of speech, and to the prescribing of
professional or technical qualifications or the carrying on by the State, etc., of any trade,
business, industry or service in relation to the right to carry on any trade or business. The
amendment also inserted two new Articles, 31A and 31B and the Ninth Schedule to give
protection from challenge to land reform laws.
2. The Constitution (Second Amendment) Act, 1952—By this amendment, the scale or
representation for election to the Lok Sabha was readjusted.
3. The Constitution (Third Amendment) Act, 1954—This amendment substituted entry 33 of
List III (Concurrent List) of the Seventh Schedule to make it correspond to Article 369.
4. The Constitution (Fourth Amendment) Act, 1955—Article 31 (2) of the Constitution was
amended to re-state more precisely the State’s power of compulsory acquisition and
requisitioning of private property and distinguish it from cases where the operation of regulatory
or prohibitory laws of the States results in “deprivation of property”. Article 31A of the
Constitution was also amended to extend its scope to cover categories of essential welfare
legislation like abolition of zamindaris, proper planning of urban and rural areas and for effecting
a full control over the mineral and oil resources of the country, etc. Six Acts were also included
in the Ninth Schedule. Article 305 was also amended to save certain laws providing of State
Monopolies.
5. The Constitution (Fifth Amendment) Act, 1955—This amendment made a change in
Article 3 so as to empower President to specify a time limit for state legislatures to convey their
views on the proposed Central laws affecting areas, boundaries, etc., of their states.