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Article 13's definition of 'law' was held to include a Constitutional Amendment by the Supreme Court in which decision, prompting the addition of a new clause to Article 13 by the 24th Constitutional Amendment Act, 1971?

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Correct answer: D.
1. The Court initially rejected the view that 'law' in Article 13 includes a Constitutional Amendment, in *Shankari Prasad* (1951) and *Sajjan Singh* (1965). 2. But in **Golaknath v. State of Punjab, AIR 1967 SC 1643**, a six-to-five majority took the view that 'law' in Article 13 **does** include a Constitutional Amendment, with the consequence that an amendment abridging Part III would be void. 3. Parliament responded by enacting the Constitution (Twenty-Fourth Amendment) Act, **1971**, inserting a clause in Article 13 that 'Nothing in this Article shall apply to any amendment of this Constitution made under Article 368'. 4. *Minerva Mills* (1980) is a different basic-structure case and does not concern Article 13's definition of 'law'. _Source: ICSI CS Executive — Lesson 2, 'Justifiability of Fundamental Rights', p. 31 ¶6._
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