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COI - 32 CONSTITUITION OF INDIA

 PART III

FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS

Right to Constitutional Remedies

32. Remedies for enforcement of rights conferred by this Part.—(1) The right to move the Supreme

Court by appropriate proceedings for the enforcement of the rights conferred by this Part is guaranteed.

(2) The Supreme Court shall have power to issue directions or orders or writs, including writs in the

nature of habeas corpus, mandamus, prohibition, quo warranto and certiorari, whichever may be

appropriate, for the enforcement of any of the rights conferred by this Part.

(3) Without prejudice to the powers conferred on the Supreme Court by clauses (1) and (2), Parliament


may by law empower any other court to exercise within the local limits of its jurisdiction all or any of the

powers exercisable by the Supreme Court under clause (2).

(4) The right guaranteed by this article shall not be suspended except as otherwise provided for by this

Constitution.

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[32A.Constitutional validity of State laws not to be considered in proceedings under article 32.].–

Omitted by the Constitution (Forty-third Amendment) Act, 1977, s. 3 (w.e.f. 13-4-1978).