Important Doctrines About Constitutional Amendments and Parliamentary Power
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1. Doctrine of Basic Structure Parliament holds enormous power under Article 368 to amend the Constitution. That power have limits? Yes. The Supreme Court in Kesavananda Bharati v. State of Kerala (1973) drew the line. The court held that Parliament…
Article 13 of the Indian Constitution: Shield of Fundamental Rights & Judicial Review
1. Introduction — A Small Article with an Enormous Job Somewhere in the very beginning of Part III of the Constitution of India — the chapter that houses our Fundamental Rights — sits Article 13. It is not the most dramatic article. It does not declare…