How to Amend the Constitution?

Article 368 of the Constitution gives Parliament the power to amend, by way of addition, variation or repeal, any provision of the Constitution, following the procedure the article itself lays down. In practice, the Constitution actually provides for more than one way of being amended — some provisions can be changed almost like an ordinary law, while others need a much stronger form of agreement (special majority), and a few of the most sensitive ones additionally need the consent of at least half the States. The next two sections look at the two more …