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In which case did the Supreme Court restore the primacy of the Fundamental Rights over the Directive Principles of State Policy? |
A. | Golaknath Case |
B. | Keshavananda Bharti Case |
C. | Minerva Mills Case |
D. | All the above cases |
Answer» C. Minerva Mills Case | |
Explanation: The Directive Principles have been used to uphold the Constitutional validity of legislations in case of a conflict with the Fundamental Rights. Article 31C, added by the 25th Amendment in 1971, provided that any law made to give effect to the Directive Principles in Article 39(b)-(3) would not be invalid on the grounds that they derogated from the Fundamental Rights onferred by Articles 14, 19 and 31. |
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