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Directions: Read Assertion (A) and Reason (R) and answer using the codes given below:

Assertion (A): The power under 368 of the Constitution is a constituent power subject to the constitutional scheme as to distribution of legislative power according to entries in the Seventh Schedule. Reason (R): Because Sasanka Sekhar Maity Vs. Union of India decided so.

  1. Both (A) and (R) are wrong.

  2. Both (A) and (R) are right, but (R) is not the right reason for (A).

  3. (A) is right and (R) is wrong.

  4. (A) is wrong and (R) is right.
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Explanation

Both the statements are wrong. The power under 368 of the Constitution is a constituent powerand it does not subject to the constitutional scheme as to distribution of legislative power according to entries in the Seventh Schedule. Nothing as such was decided in Sasanka Sekhar Maity Vs. Union of India.

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