The scope of judicial review for President's Rule extends to which of the following?
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Correct answer: Whether the material was relevant and not malafide
Judicial review does not question the 'adequacy' of the material but checks if the material used by the President was 'relevant' to the breakdown of machinery and that the decision was not based on 'malafide' or extraneous grounds.
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