Which of the following articles of the Constitution of India was invoked by the Kerala government to file a petition against the Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA) in the Supreme Court on 14 January 2020?

Options

A. Article 131
B. Article 23
C. Article 368
D. Article 17

Answer

A

Explanation

Article 131 of the Indian Constitution states: “Original jurisdiction of the Supreme Court: Subject to the provisions of this Constitution, the Supreme Court shall, to the exclusion of any other court, have original jurisdiction in any dispute:
(a) between the Government of India and one or more States, or
(b) between the Government of India and any State or States on one side and one or more other States on the other, or
(c ) between two or more States, if and in so far as the dispute involves any question (whether of law or fact) on which the existence or extent of a legal right depends.
The Kerala government asserts that the dispute with the central government, concerning implementation of CAA involves “enforcement of legal rights as a State and as well for the enforcement of the fundamental, statutory, constitutional and other legal rights of the inhabitants of the State of Kerala”.