The 42nd Amendment (1976) amended Article 31C of the Constitution, which stated that no law giving effect to certain Directive Principles (as specified in Article 39(b) and (c)) shall be deemed void on the ground that it violates certain Fundamental Rights (Article 14 and 19). The amendment extended this protection to all Directive Principles.
Which Constitutional Amendment had given the primacy to Directive Principles over Fundamental Rights ?
Asked in Junior Legal Officer 2019 · Topic: Constitutional Amendments (Constitutional Amendments related to Fundamental Rights and Directive Principles of State Policy)
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