UPSC Prelims 2003·GS1·polity-and-governance·constitution

The Ninth Schedule to the Indian Constitution was added by

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  1. AFirst AmendmentCorrect
  2. BEighth Amendment
  3. CNinth Amendment
  4. DForty second Amendment

Explanation

The correct option is A. The Ninth Schedule was introduced by the First Amendment Act in 1951 under the leadership of Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru. The primary purpose of adding this schedule was to protect land reform laws and other regulations from being challenged in courts on the grounds of violating fundamental rights. It was specifically created to facilitate the abolition of the Zamindari system and ensure that social welfare legislation could be implemented without legal hurdles. Along with the schedule, Article 31B was also inserted to provide a legal shield to the laws included within it.
polity-and-governance: The Ninth Schedule to the Indian Constitution was added by

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