Court cannot direct Parliament to amend Section 80DD or any other Act

Ravi Agrawal Vs Union of India (Supreme Court of India) The Legislature has provided the condition that amount/annuity under the policy is to be released only after the death of the person assured. This is the legislative mandate. There is no challenge to this provision. The prayer is that Section 80DD of the Act be suitably amended. This Court cannot give a direction to the Parliament to amend or make a statutory provision in a specified manner. The Court can only determine, in an exercise of its power of judicial review, as to whether such a provision passes the muster of the Constitutional ...