The basic structure or framework of the Constitution is its living spirit, holding up the body of its text. Its existence cannot be pin-pointed to any particular provision of the text.

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 ...

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 ...

Article 79(3) of the basic law of the Federal Republic of Germany, bars explicitly amendments to provisions concerning the federal structure and to “the basic principles laid down in Articles 1 ...

Basic structure of India’s Constitution. In KB, the full bench of the SC (in a 7:6 majority) held that while Parliament had both constituent powers (to make changes to the Constitution) and ...

In contrast, however, Ouko ruled that despite the case helping define basic structure across the world, Kenya's 2010 Constitution is self-regulating and is not subject to an implied limitation.

Basic structure doctrine of Constitution guides like the north star, says DY Chandrachud The chief justice's comments came days after Vice President Jagdeep Dhankar criticised the 1973 judgement ...

The Supreme Court on August 3 asked whether Article 370, which gave special status to Jammu and Kashmir, is being equated to the Basic Structure of the Constitution. A Constitution Bench headed by ...

The ‘basic structure doctrine’ was agreed to by CJI Sikri, and Justices Shelat, Hegde, Grover, Khanna, Reddy and Mukherjea. Those who disagreed were Justices Ray, Palekar, Mathew, Beg, Dwivedi ...

Were it not for the 'basic structure' ruling, Indira Gandhi would have recast the constitution entirely during the emergency in 1975. The writer is an author and a lawyer. Email ...