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Article 329 Constitution of India: Bar to interference by courts in electoral matters


 
Category of Bare Act Name of the Act Year of Promulgation
Civil Laws The CONSTITUTION OF INDIA 1975
Act Number Enactment Date Chapter Number
36 1975-04-26 15
Chapter Title Ministry Department
Elections Ministry of Law And Justice Department of Personnel and Administrative Reforms

1[Notwithstanding anything in this Constitution 2[***]-]

(a) The validity of any law relating to the delimitation of constituencies or the allotment of seats to such constituencies, made or purporting to be made under article 327 or article 328, shall not be called in question in any court;

(b) No election to either House of Parliament or to the House or either House of the Legislature of a State shall be called in question except by an election petition presented to such authority and in such manner as may be provided for by or under any law made by the appropriate Legislature.

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1. Subs. by the Constitution (Thirty-ninth Amendment) Act, 1975, s. 3, for certain words.

2. he words, figures and letter “but subject to the provisions of article 329A” omitted by the Constitution (Forty-fourth Amendment) Act, 1978, s. 35 (w.e.f. 20-6-1979).

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