Ninth Schedule introduction in Constitution
Question
The Ninth Schedule was introduced in the Constitution of India during the prime ministership of
Options
Jawaharlal Nehru
Lal Bahadur Shastri
Indira Gandhi
Morarji Desai
Explanation
The Ninth Schedule was introduced by the First Amendment to the Constitution of India in 1951 during the Prime Ministership of Jawaharlal Nehru. This amendment added the Ninth Schedule to protect certain state and central laws from being challenged on the grounds that they violated fundamental rights. It was enacted to safeguard land reform laws and laws related to social and economic reforms from judicial scrutiny. The First Amendment was a significant amendment that addressed immediate post-independence concerns about land redistribution and agrarian reform. > The Ninth Schedule was added through the FIRST AMENDMENT under PM Jawaharlal Nehru in 1951. Answer: (a).
Question details
Year
2019
Paper
GS Paper 1
Question
Q47
Subject
Polity
Sub-topic
Constitutional amendments
Type
Factual single
Difficulty
Medium
Nature
Static
Source hint
NCERT Polity; Constitution History
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