CMA Foundation · Fundamentals of Business Laws and Business Communication · Primary and Subordinate Legislation
Which of the following is treated as a written source of law in India, as distinct from custom or precedent?
A Constitutional provision or a statute enacted by a legislature is a written source of law. Such law is deliberately enacted and recorded in text. Custom grows through long practice, and precedent comes from judicial decisions, so these are different sources rather than enacted legislation.
- AA Constitutional provision or a statute enacted by a legislatureCorrect
- BA long-standing trade usage followed in a market
- CA principle laid down in an earlier High Court judgment
- DA traditional family practice followed for generations
Explanation
Constitution and statutes are enacted, written law made by competent authorities. Trade usage and family practice are custom, which grows through long observance. Judgment-based principles are precedent, a judicial source, so those options are not enacted written law.
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