Constitution Section 329 — Bar to interference by courts in electoral matters

Part XV — ELECTIONS

Constitutional

Summary

Even if other parts of the Constitution say something different, no court can challenge the validity of any law that sets constituency boundaries or allocates seats to those constituencies, if that law was made under Article 327 or 328. Also, no election to Parliament or a State Legislature can be challenged in court except through an election petition filed with the authority and in the manner specified by a law made by the relevant Legislature.

Official 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.