Assertion: India generally follows that merely affirming a treaty by way of ratifying it by the assent of the executive unless the treaty requires ratification by way of an act of the legislature.
Reasoning: In the land mark case of Menaka Gandhi, Supreme Court observed that the court must interpret the provisions of the constitution in light of Charter of the United Nations.

Assertion (A) is true but Reasoning (R) is not correct.

India generally follows that merely affirming a treaty by way of ratifying it by the assent of the executive unless the treaty requires ratification by way of an act of the legislature. In the land mark case of Kesavananda Bharti v. State of Kerala, it was observed that the court must interpret the provisions of the constitution in light of Charter of the United Nations.