When Kenya’s Supreme Court said that the basic structure doctrine is not part of Kenya’s constitutional culture and therefore the 2010 Constitution will not be interpreted through that lens, it ...

Recently, a constitutional debate of immense significance has been taking place among local legal experts in the media. Retired Federal Court judges have also chimed in, forcefully expressing ...

This history of the Indian judiciary and Supreme Court is marked by several landmark judgments that reinforced the notion of constitutional morality, entrenched and strengthened fundamental rights and ...

The Supreme Court on Tuesday (November 5, 2024) held that the validity of a law cannot be challenged for violating the Basic Structure of the Constitution. A three-judge Bench headed by Chief Justice ...

Recently I received a message seeking my support for a petition on change.org. The petition basically calls for the rejection of the “basic structure” doctrine, which it claims is being increasingly ...