Article 144A of the Constitution of India
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Article 144A of the Constitution of India was a now-repealed provision that required a minimum bench of seven Supreme Court judges and a special majority to declare any law unconstitutional.
All labels observed (1)
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| Article 144A of the Constitution of India canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5486406 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Article 144A of the Constitution of India Context triple: [Part V, Chapter IV of the Constitution of India, containsArticle, Article 144A of the Constitution of India]
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Article 141 of the Constitution of India
Article 141 of the Constitution of India is the provision that establishes the binding nature of the Supreme Court’s decisions as law on all courts within the country.
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Article 140 of the Constitution of India
Article 140 of the Constitution of India empowers Parliament to confer supplemental powers on the Supreme Court to enable it to more effectively exercise its jurisdiction.
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C.
Article 142 of the Constitution of India
Article 142 of the Constitution of India is a provision that empowers the Supreme Court to pass any decree or order necessary to do complete justice in any case before it.
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Article 239A of the Constitution of India
Article 239A of the Constitution of India is a now-repealed provision that enabled Parliament to create legislatures and councils of ministers for certain Union Territories, notably providing a framework for limited self-governance in those territories.
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E.
Article 131A of the Constitution of India
Article 131A of the Constitution of India was a (now repealed) provision that vested the Supreme Court with exclusive jurisdiction to determine the constitutional validity of Central laws.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Article 144A of the Constitution of India Target entity description: Article 144A of the Constitution of India was a now-repealed provision that required a minimum bench of seven Supreme Court judges and a special majority to declare any law unconstitutional.
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A.
Article 141 of the Constitution of India
Article 141 of the Constitution of India is the provision that establishes the binding nature of the Supreme Court’s decisions as law on all courts within the country.
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B.
Article 140 of the Constitution of India
Article 140 of the Constitution of India empowers Parliament to confer supplemental powers on the Supreme Court to enable it to more effectively exercise its jurisdiction.
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C.
Article 142 of the Constitution of India
Article 142 of the Constitution of India is a provision that empowers the Supreme Court to pass any decree or order necessary to do complete justice in any case before it.
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D.
Article 239A of the Constitution of India
Article 239A of the Constitution of India is a now-repealed provision that enabled Parliament to create legislatures and councils of ministers for certain Union Territories, notably providing a framework for limited self-governance in those territories.
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E.
Article 131A of the Constitution of India
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.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (25)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf | constitutional provision ⓘ |
| affectedBody | Parliament of India ⓘ |
| aimedAt | making it more difficult to invalidate legislation ⓘ |
| appliedTo | Supreme Court of India ⓘ |
| appliedWhen | a law was to be declared unconstitutional ⓘ |
| chapter | Part V of the Constitution of India ⓘ |
| concerns |
constitutional validity of laws
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judicial review ⓘ |
| constitutionalTheme |
checks and balances
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independence of judiciary ⓘ separation of powers ⓘ |
| country |
Republic of India
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linked to:
India
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| effectOnBenchComposition | limited power of smaller benches to strike down laws ⓘ |
| insertedBy | Forty‑second Amendment of the Constitution of India ⓘ |
| jurisdiction | India ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| legalSystem | common law system of India ⓘ |
| partOf | Constitution of India ⓘ |
| repealedBy | Forty‑third Amendment of the Constitution of India ⓘ |
| requiredMinimumBenchStrength | seven judges of the Supreme Court of India ⓘ |
| requiredSpecialMajority | two‑thirds majority of the judges sitting ⓘ |
| status | repealed ⓘ |
| subjectMatter | procedure for declaring a law unconstitutional ⓘ |
| yearOfInsertion | 1976 ⓘ |
| yearOfRepeal | 1977 ⓘ |
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Instruction
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Subject: Article 144A of the Constitution of India Description of subject: Article 144A of the Constitution of India was a now-repealed provision that required a minimum bench of seven Supreme Court judges and a special majority to declare any law unconstitutional.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
Part V, Chapter IV of the Constitution of India
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containsArticle
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Article 144A of the Constitution of India
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