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Which one of the following cases decided by the Supreme Court of India led to the First Amendment of…

Champakam Dorairajan invalidated the Madras communal admissions order under Article 29(2). The First Amendment then inserted Article 15(4), authorising special provisions…

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Which one of the following cases decided by the Supreme Court of India led to the First Amendment of the Indian Constitution?

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Champakam Dorairajan invalidated the Madras communal admissions order under Article 29(2). The First Amendment then inserted Article 15(4), authorising special provisions for socially and educationally backward classes and Scheduled Castes/Scheduled Tribes notwithstanding Articles 15 and 29(2). Shankari Prasad concerned validity of the amendment after enactment; Kameshwar Singh’s Supreme Court decision was also later.

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