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Principle Only Parliament or State Legislatures have the authority to enact laws on their own. No law made by the State can take away a person's Fundamental Right. Facts Parliament enacted a law, which according to a group of lawyers is violating the Fundamental Rights of traders. A group of lawyers files a writ petition challenging the Constitutional validity of the statute seeking relief to quash the statute and further direct Parliament to enact a new law.

A)  No writ would lie against Parliament, as the court has no authority to direct Parliament to enact or re-enact a law

B)  The court can quash existing law if it violates Fundamental Rights and can direct Parliament to make a new law

C)  The court can quash the existing law if it violates Fundamental Rights but cannot direct Parliament to make a new law

D)  None of the above