The Emergency was more than a political crisis, as the Constitution’s basic structure was once again under siege.

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 ...

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 (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 ...

The Kesavananda Bharati judgement (1973) by the Supreme Court introduced the Basic Structure Doctrine. It said that the Constitution could only be amended to the extent by the Parliament that it ...

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

Kolkata: The basic structure of the Constitution cannot be changed by any means, said Supreme Court judge Dipankar Datta while speaking on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the Kesavananda ...