Question

What is the power of the Supreme Court to judge the constitutional validity of a law passed by the Parliament or an action of the 'Executive' called?
A) Judicial Revision
B) Judicial Review
C) Judicial Consent
D) Judicial Permission

Answer 1

Hint: The Supreme Court of India is the country's highest court and the supreme judicial authority, according to the constitution. It is the highest court in the United States and has the power of judicial review. The Chief Justice of India is the head and chief judge of the Supreme Court of India, which has a maximum of 34 judges and substantial original, appellate, and advisory jurisdiction powers.

Complete answer:
The Supreme Court has the authority to evaluate laws enacted by the federal government or state legislatures. If a statute is 'ultra vires,' or against the letter and spirit of the Constitution, or violates any provision of the Constitution, the Supreme Court can declare it null and void. The power of judicial review is the name given to this authority.

Judicial review is the power of the courts to scrutinise the actions of the legislative, executive, and administrative branches of the government to see if they are constitutional. Inconsistent actions are considered unconstitutional and, as a result, null and invalid. In this respect, the system of judicial review necessitates the existence of a written constitution.

The term "judicial review" could be more accurately described as "constitutional review" because there is a long tradition of judicial review of administrative agency actions that does not require either that courts have the power to declare those actions unconstitutional or that the country has a written constitution. The claimed dubious conduct of administrators are assessed against norms of rationality and abuse of discretion in this type of "administrative review."

Therefore the correct answer is option ‘B’.

 Note: When courts use judicial review in the conventional or constitutional meaning, they declare null and void challenged administrative activities that are found to be unreasonable or include abuses of discretion, as well as actions that are found to be inconsistent with constitutional requirements.