The Ninth Schedule was introduced in the Constitution of India during

The Ninth Schedule was introduced in the Constitution of India during the prime ministership of

Jawaharlal Nehru
Lal Bahadur Shastri
Indira Gandhi
Morarji Desai
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The Ninth Schedule was introduced during the prime ministership of Jawaharlal Nehru.
– The Ninth Schedule was added to the Constitution of India by the first Amendment Act of 1951.
– Jawaharlal Nehru was the Prime Minister of India from August 15, 1947, to May 27, 1964.
– The First Amendment was enacted in 1951 primarily to address issues related to land reforms and to protect laws related to agrarian reform from judicial challenge on the grounds of violation of fundamental rights. The Ninth Schedule was created to list these laws, initially granting them immunity from judicial review.
Over the years, many Acts were added to the Ninth Schedule, including laws related to land reform, reservation, etc. However, in 2007, the Supreme Court ruled in the I.R. Coelho case that laws placed in the Ninth Schedule after April 24, 1973 (the date of the Kesavananda Bharati judgment) are open to judicial scrutiny if they violate the basic structure of the Constitution.