Constitutional Amending Bills Before the Parliament

With the new Lok Sabha (2014), most of the constitutional Amending bills have been elapsed. The constitution (121^st Amending bill) has after being passed, becomes the 99^th constitutional Amendment Act (2014). This amendment amends Article 124, 124A, 124B, 127, 128, 217, 222, 224A and 231. It introduced the establishment of a national Judicial Appointment commission’a six-member body to recommend the appointments and transfers of judges in the higher judiciary. e six-member body consists of (1) the Chief Justice of India, (2) two other senior most judge of the Supreme Court, (3) the Union Minister in charge of Law and Justice, two eminent persons nominated by the committee consisting of the Prime Minister, the Chief Justice of India and leader of the opposition in the Lok Sabha. However, among the nominated members, one has to be from the scheduled castes, scheduled tribes, other backward classes, minorities and women. ere is also a provision that the nominated persons have to be nominated for a period of three years and not to be eligible for renomination.

In a latest verdict of the Supreme Court dated 16th October, 2015, the apex court had deleted the 99th Constitutional Amendment Act, 2014 as invalid. The constitution (115th) Amendment bills has been passed and after the President’s assent becomes 100th Amendment (June, 2015). “is Amendment related to the boundary settlements of certain enclaves between Bangladesh and India. “The Constitution (122nd) Amendment Bills (2014), introduced in the Lok Sabha in 2014, seeks to introduce the goods and services tax (GST). After the bill is passed and assented to by the President, it will become an amendment which will subsumes various indirect taxes including the central excise duty, counter-vailing duty, service tax, state value added tax, octroi and entry
etc, luxury tax, etc.