Consider the following statements regarding the 'Ninth Schedule' of the Constitution of India: 1. It was added by the First Amendment to the Constitution. 2. The Supreme Court of India has ruled that laws placed in the Ninth Schedule after April 24, 1973, are open to judicial review. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
A
1 only
B
2 only
C
Both 1 and 2
Correct Answer
D
Neither 1 nor 2
Explanation
The Ninth Schedule was introduced by the First Constitutional Amendment Act in 1951 to protect land reform laws from judicial scrutiny. In the I.R. Coelho case (2007), the Supreme Court ruled that laws added to the Ninth Schedule after the Kesavananda Bharati judgment (April 24, 1973) are subject to judicial review if they violate the basic structure.
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