Given below are two statements, one is labelled as Assertion (A) and the other as Reason (R). Assertion (A) : The Supreme Court of India has exclusive Jurisdiction regarding Constitutional validity of Central laws. Reason (R) : The Supreme Court is the Guardian of the Indian Constitution. Select the correct answer from the codes given below : Codes:

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Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A). By the Constitution (42nd Amendment) Act, 1976, Article131A was inserted which conferred on the Supreme Court exclusive jurisdiction in regard to the Constitutional validity of Central laws. Supreme Court is called the Guardian of the Constitution as Supreme Court is the final interpreter of the Constitution. Hence Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A). Empowerment- Basic Structure of the Constitution-

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