Article 131A of the Constitution of India

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Article 131A of the Constitution of India was a (now repealed) provision that vested the Supreme Court with exclusive jurisdiction to determine the constitutional validity of Central laws.

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Article 131A of the Constitution of India canonical 1

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instanceOf constitutional provision
repealed constitutional provision
affectedProvision jurisdiction of High Courts in constitutional matters concerning Central laws
aimedTo centralize constitutional review of Central laws in the Supreme Court of India
appliedTo Central laws
authorityType original jurisdiction of Supreme Court of India
chapter Part V of the Constitution of India NERFINISHED
concerns validity of Parliamentary legislation
conferredPowerOn Supreme Court of India NERFINISHED
constitutionalTheme distribution of judicial power
judicial review
country India
exclusiveJurisdictionBody Supreme Court of India NERFINISHED
exclusiveJurisdictionScope questions relating to constitutional validity of Central laws
introducedBy Constitution (Forty-second Amendment) Act, 1976 NERFINISHED
jurisdiction India NERFINISHED
languageOfText English
Hindi
legalSystem Indian constitutional law
locatedInPart Part V – The Union
partOf Constitution of India NERFINISHED
providedExclusiveJurisdictionTo Supreme Court of India NERFINISHED
relatedTo jurisdiction of the Supreme Court of India
repealedBy Constitution (Forty-third Amendment) Act, 1977 NERFINISHED
status repealed
subjectMatter constitutional validity of Central laws

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Part V, Chapter IV of the Constitution of India containsArticle Article 131A of the Constitution of India