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In Indira Gandhi v. Raj Narain (1975), the Supreme Court held that 39^th Amendment is unconstitutional on the ground that

A. The Constitution cannot be amended by Parliament when several of its members are in preventive detention

B. It is violative of the principle of free and fair election which is an essential postulate of democracy forming part of the basic structure of Constitution

C. The Constitution cannot be amended when emergency is in force

D. Both A and C

Answer: Option B

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