Multiple choice

Assertion (A): Maneka Gandhi’s case is a landmark decision from the point of human rights and remedial jurisprudence. Reason (R): From the positivist point of view, equality is antithetic to arbitrariness.

  1. Both (A) and (R) are true, and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).

  2. Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).

  3. (A) is true, but (R) is false.

  4. (A) is false, but (R) is true
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Explanation

In Maneka Gandhi’s case, the court ruled that the mere existence of an enabling law was not enough to restrain personal liberty. Such a law must also be just, fair and reasonable. That means equality is antithetic to arbitrariness.

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