Consider the following statements regarding the interaction between the Tenth Schedule and Article 368:
- Under the Tenth Schedule, a defection is shielded from disqualification once it involves two-thirds of a legislative party's own members, treating it as a "merger."
- Article 368 requires a special majority of two-thirds of the total membership of each House of Parliament, regardless of members present and voting.
- The Lok Sabha's numerical two-thirds threshold for a constitutional amendment is fixed and does not change with changes in the House's total effective strength.
- The anti-defection law was originally enacted, in part, to prevent the kind of large-scale floor-crossing that had earlier destabilised governments.
How many of the above statements are correct?
Tests the ability to isolate a true general ethical principle from a false specific factual claim about Indian legal precedent, rather than accepting both simply because they appear together and sound plausible.
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