Vice President Jagdeep Dhankar on January 11 questioned the legitimacy of the basic structure doctrine, an unwritten rule that Parliament cannot amend certain features of the Constitution. Dhankar ...

April 29 should be celebrated as ‘People’s Day’ every year. In my view, the date April 29, 1973 is right next to January 26, 1950, which was marked as the first Republic Day, in terms of significance ...

On January 11, Vice President Jadgeep Dhankhar criticised the basic structure doctrine of the Supreme Court, contending the court had invoked this principle to transgress its powers and curtail the ...

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 Supreme Court judge Justice Rohinton Nariman on Monday spoke in defense of the basic structure of the Indian Constitution, stating that if it is ever overridden, it would be disastrous for the ...

New Delhi: Following Vice President Jagdeep Dhankar’s remark criticising the basic structure doctrine, the Chief Justice of India DY Chardachud hailed the doctrine and called it a North Star that ...

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 ...

Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud on Saturday called the basic structure doctrine a North Star that guides and gives certain direction to the interpreters and implementers of the Constitution when ...

Once in a lifetime comes a case, that is etched in the memories of all. One of such cases is the Kesavanada Bharti case that shook the entire Legislature, Judiciary and Executive of India. It gave us ...

• The basic structure doctrine presupposes that the Constitution in question was attained through a genuinely participatory process. • What people endorsed in the 2010 referendum was a caricature of ...