Is the Constitution Under Threat? A Timeline of Controversial Amendments and Judgments
Politics rewrites law, law rewrites memory.
India’s Constitution has been amended over 100 times — some necessary, others deeply controversial.
The 42nd Amendment (1976), passed during the Emergency, remains the most criticised. It expanded executive power, weakened courts, and attempted to reshape national identity. It stands as proof that absolute political control can turn the Constitution into clay.
The removal of Article 370 in 2019 reshaped federalism. Supporters saw it as national integration; critics called it a constitutional bypass, executed without the consent of the state’s own legislature.
The Electoral Bonds judgment exposed another truth: political funding had become legally opaque. The supreme court eventually struck it down, but only after trillions flowed through a system that favoured ruling parties.
Reservation-related judgments — from EWS quota to SC/ST decisions — continue to spark debates about equality versus practicality.
Each amendment and judgment has political fingerprints.
Each reflects who had power at that moment.
Each reshaped the structure Ambedkar built with such caution.
The Constitution is not being destroyed but will indians save?.
It is being edited — sometimes subtly, sometimes surgically — depending on the political needs of the era.
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