UPSC Prelims 2021 · GS Paper 1 · Q27

Polity

Medium · Parliamentary Sovereignty, UK versus India

Consider the following statements on how India's parliamentary democracy differs from the British model it was originally based on:

1. Unlike the UK Parliament, which is legally sovereign and can enact or amend any law without judicial override, the Indian Parliament's legislative power is limited by the written Constitution and subject to judicial review.

2. Per the basic structure doctrine established in Kesavananda Bharati (1973), questions on the constitutionality of a constitutional amendment are referred to a Constitution Bench of the Supreme Court.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?