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Article 131A of the Constitution of India was a (now repealed) provision that vested the Supreme Court with exclusive jurisdiction to determine the constitutional validity of Central laws.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repealed constitutional provision ⓘ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 ⓘ
concerns validity of Parliamentary legislation ⓘ
conferredPowerOn Supreme Court of India ⓘ
constitutionalTheme distribution of judicial power ⓘ
judicial review ⓘ
country India ⓘ
exclusiveJurisdictionBody Supreme Court of India ⓘ
exclusiveJurisdictionScope questions relating to constitutional validity of Central laws ⓘ
introducedBy Constitution (Forty-second Amendment) Act, 1976 ⓘ
jurisdiction India ⓘ
languageOfText English ⓘ
Hindi ⓘ
legalSystem Indian constitutional law ⓘ
locatedInPart Part V – The Union ⓘ
partOf Constitution of India ⓘ
providedExclusiveJurisdictionTo Supreme Court of India ⓘ
relatedTo jurisdiction of the Supreme Court of India ⓘ
repealedBy Constitution (Forty-third Amendment) Act, 1977 ⓘ
status repealed ⓘ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 ⓘ