Today, the basic structure is being used as a shield by the judiciary because the Constitution fails to provide a suitable mechanism for appointing judges.

Why we should be cautious about basic structure doctrine of Constitution A constitution has certain fundamental features that can't be abrogated through amendments.

The first two decades of Independence saw a build-up of jurisprudence on the limits of the Parliament’s power to amend the Constitution. It culminated in 1973 with an extraordinary judicial ...

Sources said former CJI Justice DY Chandrachud told the committee that simultaneous elections do not hamper the basic structure of the Constitution, but there are some grey areas in the Bill which ...

The doctrine protects the 'basic structure' principles from the potential majoritarian tendencies of the legislature.

In India the oath of constitutional functionaries does not protect basic structure of the constitution and thus the judiciary gave birth to a jurisprudence which English judges were not familiar with.

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

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

Validity of law cannot be challenged for violating Basic Structure: Supreme Court ‘The reason is that concepts such as democracy, federalism, and secularism are undefined concepts.