Dhankhar's innings as Rajya Sabha Chairman began on a controversial note in December 2022 when he criticised the top court's ...

The basic structure (or doctrine) of the Constitution of India applies only to constitutional amendments, which states that the Parliament cannot destroy or alter the basic features of the Indian ...

Former Chief Justices of India JS Khehar and DY Chandrachud gave their views before the Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) ...

The Basic Structure Doctrine should balance its ambit concerning the powers of Parliament, as it is the biggest forum of representative democracy This year in April, we celebrated the 50th ...

The basic structure is an institutional assertion against aggrandising majoritarianism if we are prepared to learn from the errors of the bygone days. Kaleeswaram Raj Lawyer, Supreme Court of India ...

Of late, there has been criticism of the Basic Structure Doctrine on two major grounds, first, it was propounded for the first time by the Supreme Court in its judgment in Kesavananda Bharaticase ...

The Farmers (Empowerment and Protection) Agreement on Price Assurance and Farm Services Act 2020, (“Farm Act”) received Presidential assent on the 24 th of September 2020. Challenging the Act, a ...

The basic structure doctrine, or any other vague principle, does not belong in the Constitution. A Constitution’s main task is to be precise in defining the structure and powers of government ...

The basic structure doctrine remains India’s pride and the world’s envy. Bangladesh, Malaysia and Kenya have imported this Indian judicial invention.