Set 12 - Daily Mock Test

Article 14 of the Constitution permits the State to classify persons or things for the purpose of legislation, provided the classification satisfies a twofold test, namely that it is founded on:

• AAn intelligible differentia distinguishing those grouped together from others left out, and that the differentia has a rational nexus with the object sought to be achieved by the statute
• BThe administrative convenience of the department implementing the statute
• CThe numerical strength of the group being classified
• DThe consent of every person falling within the class