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Constitution amendment bills that could change the text you read on this site: what each seeks to do, where it stands, and where the facts come from.
| Bill | House | Status | Last verified | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Constitution (One Hundred and Thirtieth Amendment) Bill, 2025 Would remove a Prime Minister, Chief Minister, or minister who is arrested and detained for thirty days on charges carrying death or life imprisonment. A joint parliamentary committee is still considering the bill and has proposed modifications, including reinstatement if the case ends. | Lok Sabha | Pending | Source for Constitution (One Hundred and Thirtieth Amendment) Bill, 2025 | |
| Constitution (One Hundred and Thirty-first Amendment) Bill, 2026 Delimitation package tied to implementing the women's reservation law: it would have raised the Lok Sabha's maximum strength to 850 and enabled immediate delimitation. Defeated in Lok Sabha on 17 April 2026 with 298 votes, short of the special majority; the companion delimitation bills were withdrawn. Introduced 2026-04-16 | Lok Sabha | Rejected | Source for Constitution (One Hundred and Thirty-first Amendment) Bill, 2026 |
Summaries are written for this site from the linked sources; no analysis text is copied. Constitution amendment bills need a special majority: two thirds of members present and voting in each house, plus ratification by half the state legislatures for certain provisions.