Attempt this previous-year question. The correct option stays hidden until you choose.
Consider the following statements :
1. The Parliament of India can place a particular law in the Ninth Schedule of the Constitution of India.
2. The validity of a law placed in the Ninth Schedule cannot be examined by any court and no judgement can be made on it.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
Pick an option to check yourself.
• Correct Answer: A
• Parliament can place laws in the Ninth Schedule via constitutional amendment under Article 368 (Article 31B).
• The Supreme Court in I.R. Coelho (2007) ruled that post-24 April 1973 laws in the Ninth Schedule are subject to basic structure review.
• Judicial scrutiny is not absolutely barred.
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