Forty-third Amendment of the Constitution of India
| The Constitution (Forty-third Amendment) Act, 1977 | |
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| Parliament of India | |
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| Territorial extent | India |
| Passed by | Lok Sabha |
| Passed | 20 December 1977 |
| Passed by | Rajya Sabha |
| Passed | 23 December 1977 |
| Assented to | 13 April 1978 |
| Effective | 13 April 1978 |
| Legislative history | |
| First chamber: Lok Sabha | |
| Bill title | The Constitution (Forty-fourth Amendment) Bill, 1977 |
| Introduced by | Shanti Bhushan, Minister of Law, Justice and Company Affairs |
| Introduced | 16 December 1977 |
| Amends | |
| Constitution of India | |
| Status: Spent | |
| Part of a series on the |
| Constitution of India |
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| Preamble |
The Forty-third Amendment of the Constitution of India, officially known as the Constitution (Forty-third Amendment) Act, 1977, repealed six articles that had been inserted into the Constitution by the 42nd Amendment which had been enacted by the Indira Gandhi-led Indian National Congress during the Emergency. The 43rd Amendment was enacted by the newly elected Janata Party which had won the 1977 general elections campaigning on a promise to "restore the Constitution to the condition it was in before the Emergency".