Consider the following statements:
1. Parliament of India can place a particular law in the Ninth Schedule of

Question

Consider the following statements:
1. Parliament of India can place a particular law in the Ninth Schedule of the Constitution of India.
2. The validity of 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?

Accepted Answer

The Ninth Schedule was added by the First Amendment to the Constitution to protect certain laws from judicial review. Parliament can indeed add laws to this schedule, as envisioned by the original constitutional framework. However, the Supreme Court's judgment in the I.R. Coelho case (2007) ruled that laws placed in the Ninth Schedule after April 24, 1973, are subject to judicial review if they violate fundamental rights.