"Fundamental Rights cannot be taken away through promulgation of ordinance by the President. "
Following doubt is not with respect to change the correct answer of question 13 which is option A unequivocally, but just a general doubt. The statement is Option D of Q 13.
The sentence at the top, although mentioned in Laxmikant as it is, feels a bit ambiguous. Parliament can actually take away FRs without altering the Basic Structure(as per Kesvananda Bharti judgement). Since ordinance making power is coextensive with it, should it not be able to do same as well? Why such a blanket statement?
As a side note, I checked DD Basu's book. It has the following to say about this issue: "An Ordinance cannot contravene The FRs any more than an Act of Parliament." This seems to make more sense and also makes this option incorrect as well.
@Neyawn any inputs?
Scored low again....When you score low, you feel disappointed, scared that a lot is still left to cover...
When you score high, you fear that this might be a one off case, and that there is still a lot left to cover... and it might just be a case where your negatives were very less, you could easily eliminate from options, and whatever you did worked.... You are scared that this might not happen in the actual exam....
I am exactly feeling this way... After two successive days of low scores in History, today was a bumper high. I have been weak in History, and I am aware of that... So, high or low, both mean the same to me now!!!
Today is a revision day!!! Have a lot to revise
Why? Because of two reasons mainly1) Confusion in the finer details...2) Interpretation issues....Moreover,@forumiasacademyplease update the keys for the previous year questions provided in your website to make them consistent with the official keys....The very thought that what if I lose marks in the actual UPSC exam, not because of factual errors, but because of interpretation issues, is making me anxious.
Especially after scoring at the edge in consecutive prelims 🥲
