Main Provisions of the Eighteenth Amendment
- The amendment act inserted a new Article numbered 124A. This new article is provided as an established order of the National Judicial Appointments Commission (NJAC) to appoint judges to the Supreme Court of India and State High Courts of India.
- The amendment act also inserted a new Article numbered 124B. This is amended for detailed explanations of the composition and functions of the NJAC. The NJAC consisted of the Chief Justice of India, where two senior-most judges of the Supreme Court of India, the Union Minister of Laws and Justice, and two eminent and experienced persons were to be nominated by a committee of Justice. These Two persons will be the Prime Minister, the Chief Justice of India, and the Leader of the Opposition party in the Lok Sabha.
- The amendment act also made some changes in the way of appointment of the Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG). The President will appoint the CAG based on the recommendation of a committee consisting of the Prime Minister of India, the Speaker of the Lok Sabha, the Leader of the Opposition party in the Lok Sabha, the Chief Justice of India, or a judge of the Supreme Court of India nominated by him.
- The amendment act also made some important changes in the way how the Chief Election Commissioner and other Election Commissioners were appointed. The President of India will appoint them on the recommendation of a committee consisting of the Prime Minister of India, the Speaker of the Lok Sabha, the Leader of the Opposition party in the Lok Sabha, the Chief Justice of India, or a judge of the Supreme Court of India nominated by him.
Eighteenth Amendment Act, 1966 in Indian Constitution
In the year of 1966, Indian Government amended “Article 3” of the Indian constitution, which is officially known as The Constitution (Eighteenth Amendment) Act, 1966. The proposal is made to clarify the “State” in the clauses section from (a) to (e) present in “article 3” in the constitution, which basically includes “Union territories.” This amendment act also gave a brief explanation regarding the power to form a completely new State or Union territory by taking a part of any State or Union territory to any other State or Union territory by uniting. There is a special power conferred on Parliament by clause section(a). This act was an amendment to the Constitution of India that made some important changes in the way that a certain number of constitutional offices were appointed.