Multiple choice

In which one of the following cases, the attempt to confer a primacy upon the Directive Principles of State Policy as against the Fundamental Rights was foiled by the majority of the Supreme Court?

  1. Indra Sawhney v. Union of India

  2. Shankari Prasad v. Union of India

  3. Minerva Mills v. Union of India

  4. Bennett Coleman v. Union of India
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Explanation

In the Minerva Mills case (1980), the Supreme Court struck down the 42nd Amendment's provision that gave all Directive Principles precedence over Fundamental Rights (Articles 14 and 19). The court ruled that the Constitution is founded on the bedrock of the balance between Fundamental Rights and Directive Principles.

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