It was introduced by Shanti Bhushan, Minister of Law, Justice and Company Affairs.
The motion to adopt clauses 8, 44 and 45 which would have amended articles 31C, 366 and 368 respectively failed to secure the required supermajority.
Clause 35 of the Bill which sought to omit Part XIV-A of the Constitution also did not receive support.
The House accepted the amendement made by the Rajya Sabha and the bill passed by the Lok Saba on 7 December 1978.
The bill, after ratification by the states, received assent from President Neelam Sanjiva Reddy and was notified in The Gazette of India on 30 April 1979.