Ninth Schedule of the Constitution

Recently, the Jharkhand Assembly passed a Bill to raise the total reservation for Scheduled Castes (SC), Scheduled Tribes (ST) and Other Backward Classes (OBC) in State government posts to up to 77%.

  • However, it would come into force only after the Centre carries out amendments to include these in the Ninth Schedule of the Constitution.

About Ninth Schedule

  • It contains a list of central and state laws which cannot be challenged in courts.
  • The Schedule became a part of the Constitution in 1951, when the document was amended for the first time.
  • Most of the laws protected under the Schedule concern agriculture/land issues.
  • It ....
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