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 ...

Former Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra on Friday said that there can be no trace of doubt that the basic structure doctrine stabilizes Constitutional governance and the rule of law. Meanwhile, ...

Our unique basic structure of the Constitution which protects minorities against majoritarian law-making in Parliament has again come under attack — this time by Rajya Sabha MP Ranjan Gogoi, the ...

His views were contested by senior advocate Kapil Sibal, who said so long as the institutional system of checks and balance was in place, fundamental rights were safe and secure The Tribune, now ...

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 ...

On 27th February 1967, a majority in a 11-judge bench of the Supreme Court declared that Parliament could amend Fundamental Rights. The verdict’s significance lay in the role it played in the ...

Current Chief Justice of India (CJI) DY Chandrachud, in a response to former CJI Ranjan Gogoi's remark on the basic structure doctrine, said on Tuesday that once judges demit office, whatever they say ...

CHENNAI: The basic structure doctrine is not applicable to a political party like AIADMK because the bylaws, which the party members are bound by, can be amended if majority of the cadre wanted to do ...