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The Constitution (Ninety-fifth Amendment) Act, 2009
Parliament of India
  • An Act further to amend the Constitution of India.
Citation95th Amendment
Territorial extentIndia
Passed byRajya Sabha
Passed3 August 2009
Passed byLok Sabha
Passed4 August 2009
Assented to18 January 2010
Commenced25 January 2010
Date of expiry26 January 2020
Legislative history
First chamber: Rajya Sabha
Bill titleThe Constitution (One Hundred and Ninth Amendment) Bill, 2009
Bill citationBill No. XX of 2009
Introduced byM. Veerappa Moily
Introduced30 July 2009
Related legislation
8th, 23rd, 45th, 62nd and 79th 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 2020
Status: In force

The Ninety-fifth Amendment of the Constitution of India, officially known as The Constitution (Ninety-fifth Amendment) Act, 2009, 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 2020.

Article 334 of the Constitution had originally required the reservation of elected seats to cease in 1960, but this was extended to 1970 by the 8th Amendment. The period of reservation was extended to 1980, 1990,[1] 2000 and 2010 by the 23rd, 45th, 62nd and 79th Amendments respectively. The 95th Amendment extended the period of reservation to 2020.

Text

BE it enacted by Parliament in the Tenth Year of the Republic of India as follows:---

1. Short title and commencement (1) This Act may be called the Constitution (Ninety-fifth Amendment) Act, 2009.

(2) It shall come into force on the 25th day of January, 2010.

2. Amendment of article 334 In article 334 of the Constitution, for the words "sixty years", the words "seventy years" shall be substituted.[2]

The full text of Article 334 of the Constitution, after the 95th Amendment, is given below:

334. Notwithstanding anything in the foregoing provisions of this Part [Part XVI], the provisions of this Constitution relating to—

(a) the reservation of seats for the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes in the House of the People and in the Legislative Assemblies of the States; and
(b) the representation of the Anglo Indian community in the House of the People and in the Legislative Assemblies of the States by nomination,
shall cease to have effect on the expiration of a period of sixty years seventy years from the commencement of this Constitution: Provided that nothing in this article shall affect any representation in the House of the People or in the legislative Assembly of a State until the dissolution of the then existing House or Assembly, as the case may be.[3]

Proposal and enactment

The bill of the The Constitution (Ninety-fifth Amendment) Act, 2009 was introduced in the Rajya Sabha on 30 July 2009 as the Constitution (One Hundred and Ninth Amendment) Bill, 2009 (Bill No. XX of 2009). It was introduced by M. Veerappa Moily, then Minister of Law and Justice, and sought to amend article 334 of the Constitution relating to reservation of seats for the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes and special representation of the Anglo-Indian community in the House of the People and in the Legislative Assemblies of the States.[4]

Article 334 of the Constitution lays down that the provisions of the Constitution relating to the reservation of seats for the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes and the representation of the Anglo-Indian community by nomination in the House of the People and the Legislative Assemblies of the States shall cease to have effect on the expiration of the period of sixty years from the commencement of the Constitution. In other words, these provisions will cease to have effect on the 25th January 2010, if not extended further.

2.Although the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes have made considerable progress in the last sixty years, the reasons which weighed with the Constituent Assembly in making provisions with regard to the aforesaid reservation of seats and nomination of members, have not ceased to exist. It is, therefore, proposed to continue the reservation for the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes and the representation of Anglo-Indians by nomination for a further period of ten years.

3. The Bill seeks to achieve the above object.

— M. Veerappa Moily, "The Constitution (One Hundred and Ninth Amendment) Bill, 2009" (PDF). Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
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The bill was debated and passed by Rajya Sabha on the 3 August. It was then debated by the Lok Sabha on 4 August 2009, and passed on the same date.[5][6][7][8][9] The bill, after ratification by the States, received assent from then President on 18 January 2010, and was notified in The Gazette of India on 19 January 2010. The 95th Amendment came into effect on 25 January 2010.[10]

Ratification

The Act was passed in accordance with the provisions of Article 368 of the Constitution, and was ratified by more than half of the State Legislatures, as required under Clause (2) of the said article. State Legislatures that ratified the amendment are listed below:

See also

References

  1. ^ C.L. Anand. Equality Justice and Reverse Discrimination. Mittal Publications. p. 17. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
  2. ^ "Ninety-fifth Amendment" (PDF). Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  3. ^ "The Constitution of India (1949)" (PDF). Lok Sabha Secretariat. p. 1091. Retrieved 30 November 2013. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  4. ^ "India News, Latest Sports, Bollywood, World, Business & Politics News - Times of India". Articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com. Retrieved 1 December 2016.
  5. ^ http://164.100.47.134/intranet/CAI/CA_95-98.pdf
  6. ^ "PRS | Bill Track | The Constitution (109th Amendment) Bill, 2009". Prsindia.org. Retrieved 1 December 2016.
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  10. ^ http://indiacode.nic.in/coiweb/amend/amend95.pdf
  11. ^ http://www.assamtribune.com/scripts/details.asp?id=sep0609/at01
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  13. ^ Tue, 20 Oct 2009-04:39pm , Aizawl , PTI (20 October 2009). "Mizo house ratifies 109th Constitution amendment | Latest News & Updates at Daily News & Analysis". Dnaindia.com. Retrieved 1 December 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
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  15. ^ "House okays : 15th jan10 ~ E-Pao! Headlines". E-pao.net. Retrieved 1 December 2016.

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