Given below are two statements, one is labelled as Assertion (A) and the other as Reason (R) : Assertion (A): Indian federalism is called 'Quasifederal’ Reason (R): India has an Independent judiciary with the power of Judicial Review. Select the correct answer from the codes given below:

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Given below are two statements, one is labelled as Assertion (A) and the other as Reason (R) : Assertion (A): Indian federalism is called 'Quasifederal&rsquo; Reason (R): India has an Independent judiciary with the power of Judicial Review. Select the correct answer from the codes given below:

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Correct Answer: Both (A) and (R) are true but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A). Article 1, describes India as a &lsquo;Union of States&rsquo; which implies two things: one, the Indian Federation is not the result of an agreement by the states; and two, no state has the right to secede from the federation. Hence, the Indian Constitution has been variously described as &lsquo;federal in form but, unitary in spirit&rsquo;, &lsquo;quasi-federal&rsquo; by K.C.Wheare. In India, the Constitution itself confers the power of judicial review on the judiciary (both the Supreme Court as well as High Courts). Further, the Supreme Court has declared the power of judicial review as a basic feature of the Constitution or an element of the basic structure of the Constitution. Hence, the power of judicial review cannot be curtailed or excluded even by a constitutional amendment.

Given below are two statements, one is labelled as Assertion (A) and the other as Reason (R) : Assertion (A): Indian federalism is called 'Quasifederal’ Reason (R): India has an Independent judiciary with the power of Judicial Review. Select the correct answer from the codes given below:

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Given below are two statements, one is labelled as Assertion (A) and the other as Reason (R) : Assertion (A): Indian federalism is called 'Quasifederal&rsquo; Reason (R): India has an Independent judiciary with the power of Judicial Review. Select the correct answer from the codes given below:

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Given below are two statements, one is labelled as Assertion (A) and the other as Reason (R) : Assertion (A): Indian federalism is called 'Quasifederal’ Reason (R): India has an Independent judiciary with the power of Judicial Review. Select the correct answer from the codes given below: