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Study the picture and answer the questions. Identify the building in the picture. Where is it located? Name the judicial institute that works from this building. What is its position in the judicial system in India? State its power of Judicial Review. The Judiciary, Effective History and Civics Solutions ICSE Class 8.

(a) Identify the building in the picture. Where is it located?

(b) Name the judicial institute that works from this building. What is its position in the judicial system in India?

(c) State its power of Judicial Review.

Supreme Court

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(a) The building in the picture is the Supreme Court of India. It is located in Delhi.

(b) The judicial institute that works from this building is the Supreme Court of India. The Supreme Court is the apex court of the Indian judiciary i.e., at the top of judicial system.

(c) The Supreme Court is the interpreter of the Constitution and its decision is final. It has the power to review laws passed by the Union or State legislatures. It can declare a law 'ultra vires' or null and void, if it is against the letter and spirit of the Constitution. This power is referred to as the power of judicial review.

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