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The Ninth Schedule to the Indian Constitution was added by
Explanation
The Ninth Schedule (and Article 31B) was introduced by the Constitution (First Amendment) Act, 1951 to protect certain laws—initially land-reform and abolition of zamindari measures—from judicial review by saving them from challenge under Fundamental Rights. Contemporary sources state explicitly that the First Amendment added the Ninth Schedule to shield a set of statutes (initially 13) intended to implement land reforms and related measures [2]. This constitutional change was a direct parliamentary response to judicial decisions striking down legislation seen as infringing property-related fundamental rights, and it remains the established origin of the Ninth Schedule in 1951.
Sources
- [1] Indian Polity, M. Laxmikanth(7th ed.) > Chapter 92: World Constitutions > APPENDIX IV Constitutional Amendments at a Glance > p. 716
- [2] Indian Polity, M. Laxmikanth(7th ed.) > Chapter 27: Judicial Review > JUDICIAL REVIEW OF THE NINTH SCHEDULE > p. 299
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