Ninety-fifth Amendment of the Constitution of India
| The Constitution (Ninety-fifth Amendment) Act, 2009 | |
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| Parliament of India | |
| An Act further to amend the Constitution of India. | |
| Citation | 95th Amendment |
| Territorial extent | India |
| Enacted by | Rajya Sabha |
| Date passed | 3 August 2009 |
| Enacted by | Lok Sabha |
| Date passed | 4 August 2009 |
| Date assented to | 18 January 2010 |
| Date commenced | 25 January 2010 |
| Date of expiry | 26 January 2020 |
| Legislative history | |
| Bill introduced in the Rajya Sabha | The Constitution (One Hundred and Ninth Amendment) Bill, 2009 |
| Bill citation | Bill No. XX of 2009 |
| Bill published on | 30 July 2009 |
| Introduced by | M. Veerappa Moily |
| 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, 2000 and 2010 by the 23rd, 45th, 62nd and 79th Amendments respectively. The 95th Amendment extended the period of reservation to 2020.
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. Amendment of article 334 In article 334 of the Constitution, for the words "sixty years", the words "seventy years" shall be substituted.
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—
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.
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