Q. Which of the following statements are incorrect regarding Ninth Schedule of the Constitution?
1. It was added to the constitution by the first Amendment.
2. Currently the laws placed under it are outside the purview of judicial review.
3. Acts of the State legislatures cannot be put under it by the Parliament.
Select the correct answer using the code given below.
Exp) Option b is the correct answer.
Statement 1 is correct. The Ninth Schedule was added to the constitution by the first Amendment (1951). It was created by the new Article 31B, which along with 31A was brought in by the government to protect 31A was brought in by the government laws related to agrarian reform and for abolishing the Zamindari system from judicial scrutiny.
Statement 2 is incorrect. In Coelho case (2007), popularly known as Ninth schedule case, upheld the authority of the judiciary to review any law put in ninth schedule. Thus, the laws placed under the Ninth Schedule are now open to judicial review.
Statement 3 is incorrect. The Parliament has power to include the laws of parliament itself as well as laws of the state legislature into the ninth schedule.
