Excluding Laws from Judicial Review (9th Schedule)

The Schedule contains a list of central and state laws which cannot be challenged in courts. The first amendment to the Indian Constitution added the Ninth Schedule to it.

Laws in 9th Schedule

  • The First Amendment that brought in Articles 31A and 31B conferring upon the state the right to make laws to acquire private property
  • The 4th amendment inserted six acts to the 9th schedule. The 17th amendment added 44 more acts.

Judicial Pronouncements

  • In a landmark ruling on IR Coelho v. State of Tamil Nadu (2007) case, the Supreme Court of India ruled that all laws (including those in ....
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