Advocatetanmoy Law Library
20. The Constitution (Twentieth Amendment) Act, 1966—This amendment was necessitated by the
decision of the Supreme Courts in Chandramohan vs. State of Uttar Pradesh in which certain
appointments of District Judges in State of Uttar Pradesh were declared void by Supreme Court. A
new Article 233A was added and the appointments made by Governor were validated.
21. The Constitution (Twenty-first Amendment) Act, 1967—By this amendment, Sindhi Language
was included in the Eighth Schedule.
22. The Constitution (Twenty-second Amendment) Act, 1969—This act was enacted to facilitate the
formation of a new autonomous state of Meghalaya within state of Assam.
23. The Constitution (Twenty-third Amendment) Act, 1969—Article 334 was amended so as to
extend the safeguards in respect of reservation of seats in Parliament and State Legislatures for
Schedules Castes and Scheduled Tribes as well as for Anglo-Indians for a further period of ten years.
24. The Constitution (Twenty-fourth Amendment) Act, 1971—This amendment was passed in the
context of a situation that emerged with the verdict in Golaknath’s case by Supreme Court.
Accordingly, this Act amended Article 13 and Article 368 to remove all doubts regarding the power
of Parliament to amend the Constitution including the Fundamental Rights.
