Practicing Success

Target Exam

CUET

Subject

Legal Studies

Chapter

Judiciary

Question:
"The State shall not make any law which takes away or abridges the rights conferred by this Part (Part III - Fundamental Rights) and any law made in contravention of this clause shall, to the extent of the contravention, be void."
Identify the relevant Article of the Constitution.
Options:
Article 13(1)
Article 13 (2)
Article 32 (1)
Article 32 (2)
Correct Answer:
Article 13 (2)
Explanation:
Article 13(2) of the Constitution of India provides that: " "The State shall not make any law which takes away or abridges the rights conferred by this Part (Part III - Fundamental Rights) and any law made in contravention of this clause shall, to the extent of the contravention, be void." B. R. Ambedkar, the chairman of the Constitution drafting committee of the Constituent Assembly, has termed this provision as the 'heart of the Constitution'. This Article provides explicitly the powers of judicial review to the courts in the matters of fundamental rights.