Paper I · 5 Indian Polity & Governance · 5.1.7 Fundamental Rights

5.1.7.2 Article 12 (State) and Article 13 (laws void)

Article 12 decides who counts as "the State" that must respect Fundamental Rights, and Article 13 makes any law that violates those rights void.

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Key terms

  • other authorities
  • instrumentality of State
  • judicial review
  • doctrine of eclipse
  • severability

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