Multiple choice

Which of the following amendments accorded precedence to Directive Principles over Fundamental Rights?

  1. 44th Amendment

  2. 24th Amendment

  3. 39th Amendment

  4. 42nd Amendment
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Explanation

On 31 July 1980, in its judgement on Minerva Mills v. Union of India, the Supreme Court declared unconstitutional two provisions of the 42nd Amendment which prevent any constitutional amendment from being "called in question in any Court on any ground" and accord precedence to the Directive Principles of State Policy over the Fundamental Rights of individuals.

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