A legislation which confers on the executive or administrative authority an unguided and uncontrolled discretionary power in the matter of application of law violates which one of the following Articles of the Constitution of India?
A legislation which confers on the executive or administrative authority an unguided and uncontrolled discretionary power in the matter of application of law violates which one of the following Articles of the Constitution of India?
Answer:
(a)
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Article 14 (‘Equality Before Law’ and Equal Protection of Law) No person shall be denied treatment of equality before the law or the equal protection of the laws within the territory of India. Therefore, Article 14 acts as a shield against any arbitrary or discriminatory state action and the Court may declare a law ultra vires Article 14. Therefore, option (a) is the correct answer.