Constitution 329 — Bar to interference by courts in electoral matters

The Constitution of India, 1950

Statutory text

Notwithstanding anything in this Constitution **—
(a) the validity of any law relating to the delimitation of
constituencies or the allotment of seats to such constituencies, made or
purporting to be made under article 327 or article 328, shall not be called
in question in any court;
(b) no election to either House of Parliament or to the House or
either House of the Legislature of a State shall be called in question
except by an election petition presented to such authority and in such
manner as may be provided for by or under any law made by the
appropriate Legislature.
3329A. [Special provision as to elections to Parliament in the case of
Prime Minister and Speaker..—Omitted by the Constitution (Forty-fourth
Amendment) Act, 1978, s. 36 (w.e.f. 20-6-1979).

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