What is Article 131? Under which CAA reached Supreme Court against Kerala Government

Thiruvananthapuram, Ta. Wednesday 15 January 2020

The Citizenship Investigation Act has been in effect since January 10 after the passage of the bill from Parliament, but the governments of some states are refusing to enforce the new law, while the central government is saying that it is the law of this country and no state can prevent it from being implemented. Amid protests and controversies, Kerala has also passed a proposal against the CAA in the Legislative Assembly.

The Kerala government said that the new law violates certain clauses of the constitution, including the right to equality, and that the law is against the basic principles of secularism implied in the constitution. Citing this, the Kerala government has demanded that the citizenship law be violated by the fundamental rights before the Supreme Court, using Article 131 of the Constitution.

What is Article 131?

Article 131 of the Constitution gives the Supreme Court the special right to decide on disputes between the state and the central government. In addition, in the event of any dispute from state to state, this section also gives the Supreme Court the special right to decide. In these situations the court has this right.

1. If there is a dispute between the Government of India and one or more States

2. If the Government of India and one State or more than one State are on one side and one or more on the other

3. If there is a dispute between two or more states

The Kerala government, in its application, cited the citizenship research law as binding in its application, citing the violation of the Constitution and challenged it in the Supreme Court, citing it as the cause of the dispute.