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Judicial Review

 SC used judicial review in various cases:

  1. Golaknath case (1967)
  2. Bank Nationalization case (1970)
  3. Privy Purses Abolition case (1971)
  4. Keshvananda Bharati Case (1973)
  5. Minerva Mills case (1980)
  6. 99th Amendment Case 2014
  7. National Judicial Appointments Commission (NJAC) Act, 2014
Constitutional Provisions for Judicial Review
  1. Article 13: All law inconsistent and derogatory with Fundamental Rights shall be null and void.
  2. Article 32: Right to move to SC for the enforcement of Fundamental Rights. Empowers SC to issue directions, orders or writs.
  3. Article 131: Original Jurisdiction
  4. Article 132: Appellate Jurisdiction in constitutional cases
  5. Article 133: Appellate Jurisdiction in civil cases
  6. Article 134: Appellate Jurisdiction in criminal cases
  7. Article 134-A: Certificate for appeal in SC from HC
  8. Article 135: Empowers SC to exercise the jurisdiction and powers of the Federal Court under any pre-constitution law.
  9. Article 136: Authorizes SC to grant special leave to appeal from any court or tribunal (except military tribunal and court martial).
  10. Article 143: Advisory Jurisdiction
  11. Article 226: Empowers HC to issue directions or orders or writs for the enforcement of the Fundamental Rights or any other purpose.
  12. Article 227: Power of superintendence of HC over all courts and tribunals within their respective territorial jurisdictions (except military courts or tribunals).
  13. Article 245: Territorial extent of law made by Parliament and by the Legislatures of States.
  14. Article 246: Deals with the subject matter of law made by Parliament and by the Legislature State (Union, State or Concurrent list).
  15. Article 251 and 254: In case of conflict between central law and state law, the central law prevails over the state law and the state law shall be void.
  16. Article 372: The continuance in force of the pre-constitution law.

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