Ram Vilas Paswan

Union Minister Ram Vilas Paswan today favoured inclusion of the SC/ST Act and reservations for Dalits in Ninth Schedule of the Constitution so that they cannot be challenged in a court of law. Laws under the Ninth Schedule are beyond the purview of judicial review. The Supreme Court, however, in 2007 had ruled that any law placed in the Ninth Schedule after April 24, 1973, would be subject to the scrutiny of courts if they violated fundamental rights.