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Official Languages
Assamese, Bengali, Bodo, Dogri, Gujarati, Hindi, Kannada, Kashmiri, Konkani, Maithili, Malayalam, Manipuri, Marathi, Nepali, Odiya, Punjabi, Sanskrit, Santhali, Sindhi, Tamil, Telugu and Urdu.
Ninth Schedule
*Acts and Regulations of the state legislatures dealing with land reforms and abolition of the zamindari system and of the Parliament dealing with other matters. This schedule was added by the 1st Amendment
(1951) to protect the laws included in it from judicial scrutiny on the ground of violation of fundamental rights. However, in 2007, the Supreme Court ruled that the laws included in this schedule after April 24,1973, are now open to judicial review.
Tenth Schedule
*Provisions relating to disqualification of the members of Parliament and State Legislatures on the ground of defection.
Eleventh Schedule
*Specifies the powers, authority and responsibilities of Panchayats. It has 29 matters.
Twelfth Schedule
*Specifies the powers, authority and responsibilities of Municipalities. It has matters.
Table of Precedence Protocol
1.President
2. Vice President
3.Prime Minister
4.Governors of States
5.Former Presidents
5 (a) Deputy Prime Minister
6.Chief Justice of India
*Speaker of Lok Sabha
7. Cabinet Ministers of the Union
*Chief Ministers
*Deputy Chairman of Planning Commission
*Former Prime Ministers
*Leaders of Opposition in Rajya Sabha and Lok Sabha
7 (a) Holders of Bharat Ratna
8.Ambassadors and Commissioners
9.Judges of the Supreme Court
9 (a) Chief Election Commissioner
Comptrolled and Auditor General
