UPPSC PCS - 2015
The provision for the representation of Anglo-Indian community in the Lok Sabha has been made in the Constitution under:
Year Asked: 2015
Correct Answer
A. Article 331
Detailed Explanation
The correct answer is A, Article 331. It allowed the President to nominate up to two members of the Anglo-Indian community to the Lok Sabha if he felt the community was not adequately represented. This was a nominated seat, not an elected one.
Why the others are wrong:
- Article 221 deals with salaries and allowances of High Court judges, not representation.
- Article 121 bars discussion in Parliament on the conduct of a Supreme Court or High Court judge in the discharge of duties.
- Article 139 empowers the Supreme Court to issue writs for purposes other than those in Article 32.
Core concept: special representation for minorities through nomination. This ties to Mains GS-2 on the Constituent Assembly's compromise on minority reservations and whether such provisions should continue. Note that the 104th Constitutional Amendment (2019) omitted this provision, and the Anglo-Indian nomination ended in January 2020. So the answer is right for 2015, but the law has since changed.
Trap: Candidates recall Article 331 correctly but then assume it still operates today, so they answer a current-affairs question with outdated law.
This question appeared in UPPCS 2015 GS Paper 1.
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