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| It is clearly stated in the Constitution of India that the State shall work to ‘foster respect for international law and treaty obligations in the dealings of organized peoples with one another’. According to Article 253 of the Indian Constitution, the Parliament and the Union of India have the authority to carry out treaties and may even meddle with state government authority in order to give effect to provisions of an international treaty. It was noted in a landmark judgement that the court must interpret the constitution's clauses in light of the United Nations Charter. The view of how the Indian Constitution interacts with the international agreements to which India is a party has evolved through time. |
| In which of the following land mark cases, it was held that the court must interpret the provisions of the constitution in light of Charter of the United Nations? |
A.R. Antuley v. Union of India
Kesavananda Bharti v. State of Kerala
Maneka Gandhi v. Union of India
None of the above |
| Kesavananda Bharti v. State of Kerala |
| 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. |
