What is needed to amend the current Constitution?
Article 142 of the Constitution confers power on Parliament to amend the Constitution. For such amendment there are some procedural requirements. For the amendment of Constitution the Bill must be passed by the votes of no less than two-third of the total number of members of Parliament. The President shall within seven days of the presentation of the Bill after being passed in Parliament with the requisite majority assent to the Bill and if he fails to assent within that time he shall be deemed to have assented the Bill [Art.142 (1) (b)]. However, if the Bill seeks to amend the Preamble or any of the provisions of Article 8 (provision relating to fundamental principles), 48 (provision relating to the President), 56 (provision relating to Ministers) or 142 (provision relating to ‘power to amend any provision of the Constitution’) the President shall refer it to a referendum [Article 142 (1A)] and if the majority votes in the referendum are in favour of the amendment the President shall
