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The amending procedure in various Constitutions differ from country to country. This study deals with what extent and range of amendment can be permitted in case of the constitutions of USA, India and Switzerland. All these three Constitutions provide special provision for amendment to the Constitution and are all therefore, rigid in this sense. The extent of relative rigidity varies. In India, within a span of 70 years, there have been more than 100 amendments to the Constitution. In Switzerland, Constitution of 1999 has been changed by popular initiative ten times while US Constitution has undergone only 27 amendments till now in 200 years. Though all the Constitutions are rigid in normal parlance, but the number of amendments show clearly that degree of rigidity varies. The paper seeks to compare the extent of rigidity of all the three constitutions and find out how far these different procedures of amendment help in reflecting the aspirations of the ‘people’ of the country.