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HCS (Haryana)Prelims2022General Studies

Question

I R Coelho judgment (2007) of the Supreme Court deals with:

Options

  1. A Autonomous institutions
  2. B Scheduled Areas
  3. C Basic Structure of the Constitution
  4. D None of the above
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Correct Answer

C Basic Structure of the Constitution

Model Answer

  • IR Coelho Case marked the historical judgment.
  • In this case, nine judges' bench was supervised by the tenth justice of India.
  • It is popularly known as the 9th schedule case.
  • This judgment was published by Y.K. Sabharwal.
  • Through this legislature judges tried to shield measures that violate fundamental rights.
  • The Supreme Court ruled that laws falling under the Ninth Schedule cannot have any blanket immunity from judicial review.
  • Supreme Court clarified that judicial review is a ‘basic feature’ of the constitution and cannot be taken away by even using Ninth Schedule. Hence option B is correct.

9th schedule of the Indian constitution

  • The government introduced articles 31A and 31B to safeguard the laws that deal with agriculture and the Zamindari system.
  • Article 31B had 13 laws - that focuses on land reforms.
  • Now it has 284 laws.
  • Some other cases inspired by the IR Coelho case are The Kesavananda Bharati case and The Waman Rao Case.
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