Bangladesh, and others in the Commonwealth have imported this Indian judicial invention. It brought out the worst in confrontational politics, governance, intra-judicial divisiveness but also the best in advocacy, idealism and independence amidst great pressure
The Basic Structure Doctrine should balance its ambit concerning the powers of Parliament, as it is the biggest forum of representative democracy
This year in April, we celebrated the 50th anniversary of the Basic Structure Doctrine. Basic Structure doctrine is used by constitutional courts in our
This April 24th marks the 50th anniversary of the Kesavananda Bharati judgment which expounded the basic structure doctrine. It is the most celebrated constitutional case of the country. The full.
The two terms used in the Supreme Court's Kesavananda Bharti judgment use two terms - “basic structure” and “essential features” - which are not interchangable, Prof Baxi writes.