"Once we cease to be judges, whatever we say is just opinion and they are not binding," Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud said on Tuesday when remarks of former CJI Ranjan Gogoi on basic structure doctrine made in Parliament were referred.
The basic structure of our Constitution, like the North Star, guides and gives certain direction to the interpreters and implementers of the Constitution when the path ahead is convoluted, says Chandrachud
Delhi services Bill was taken up for discussion in the Rajya Sabha on Monday with Opposition parties including the Congress and AAP strongly opposing the legislation and dubbing it as "unconstitutional".
Addressing concerns that the Bill violates the basic structure of the Indian Constitution, Justice Gogoi asserted that the doctrine of basic structure has a very debatable jurisprudential basis.