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Whether Amendment of the Constitution is a Political Question and not Justifiable?  

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Whether Amendment of the Constitution is a Political Question and not Justifiable? Article 107 is a provision for introduction of a Bill and the passing thereof by the House of the People and the Council of States. Article 111 relates to the presentation of such a Bill to the President for his assent. The Rules of Business of either House provide for authentication as to the passing of the Bill and the assent thereto by the President. Article 122 of the Constitution says: "The validity of any proceedings in Parliament shall not be called in question on the ground of any alleged irregularity of procedure." Indeed the fact that the Bill appertaining to Constitution (Twenty-Fourth Amendment) Act, 1971 was duly introduced and passed and the amendment obtained the ratification by the legislatures of not less than one-half of the States by resolutions to that effect passed by those legislatures before the...

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