Constitutional body (India)

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In India, a constitutional body is a body or institute established by the Constitution of India. They can only be created or changed by passing a constitutional amendment bill, rather than by a regular, government or private bill.[1]

List of constitutional bodies[]

Article Constitutional Bodies
76 Attorney General of India
148 Comptroller and Auditor General of India
165 Advocate General of State
243-I State Finance Commission
243-K State Election Commission
243ZD District Planning Committee
243ZE Metropolitan Planning Committee
263 Inter-State Council
280 Finance Commission
279A [2]
315-323 UPSC and State Public Service Commission
324 Election Commission of India
338 National Commission for Scheduled Castes
338A National Commission for Scheduled Tribes
338B National Commission for Backward Classes[3]
339
 Scheduled Area and Scheduled Tribes Commission
340 Backward Classes Commission
344 Official Language Commission and Official Language Committee of Parliament
350B Special Officer for Linguistic Minorities

References[]

Laxmikanth, M (2020). Indian Polity (sixth ed.). Chennai, India: McGraw Hill Education. p. 51.2. ISBN 978-93-5260-363-3.CS1 maint: date and year (link)

  1. ^ "How a bill becomes act". parliamentofindia.nic.in. Retrieved 2 March 2013.
  2. ^ THE GAZETTE OF INDIA. "THE CONSTITUTION (ONE HUNDRED AND FIRST AMENDMENT) ACT, 2016" (PDF). www.google.in. MINISTRY OF LAW AND JUSTICE. Retrieved 6 January 2019.
  3. ^ THE GAZETTE OF INDIA. "THE CONSTITUTION (ONE HUNDRED AND SECOND AMENDMENT) ACT, 2018" (PDF). www.google.in. MINISTRY OF LAW AND JUSTICE. Retrieved 10 January 2019.
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