But the remedy proved to be worse than the disease. By the Fourth Amendment of the Constitution in 1955, seven more acts were included in the Ninth Schedule. Of these, only three pertained to land acquisition. (Sathe 1989; pp.101,103) It is important to note that this happened during Nehru’s regime. This pernicious trend gathered momentum over the years and, with 284 central and state acts such as the Urban Land Ceiling Act, Maintenance of Internal Security Act, the Tamil Nadu law extending reservation to 69 per cent, and so on, included in it, the Ninth Schedule threatened to become larger
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