Constitutional amendments and judicial review

Statement 1 is incorrect. The 44th Amendment (1978) did not introduce an article placing PM election beyond judicial review. Statement 2 is correct. The 99th Amendment (2014), which sought to establish the National Judicial Appointments Commission (NJAC), was struck down by the Supreme Court in October 2015 as unconstitutional and violative of judicial independence. The Court held that the Constitution's basic structure included judicial independence and the collegium system for judicial appointments. The NJAC would have given the executive (through the government) power to appoint judges, which violated the independence of the judiciary. > The 99th Amendment creating NJAC was struck down by the SC for violating judicial independence. Answer: (b).