Judiciary’s power to review a constitutional amendment Subject :Polity Context: Vice-President questions judiciary’s power to ‘undo’ a Constitutional amendment passed unanimously by Parliament Concept: Powers and limitation of constitutional amendment by Parliament Article 368 in Part XX of the Constitution deals with the power of parliament to amend the constitution and its procedures.It […]
Why constitutional validity of J&K Reorganisation Act clause went unchallenged Subject :Polity Context: The Supreme Court on Wednesday quizzed petitioners about the reason for not challenging the constitutional validity of a specific provision in the Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation Act which gives the Delimitation Commission the power to “carry out” the readjustment of […]
All women bench in SC, 3rd time in history Subject : Polity Context: The Supreme Court will have an all-woman bench on Thursday, to hear transfer pleas and bail matters. More details about the women bench in Supreme Court: The present bench comprises Justices Hima Kohli and Bela M Trivedi. This will be […]