Basic Structure Archives

Madras High Court |Jurisdiction under Article 227 cannot be exercised as a measure of self-imposed restriction by-passing statutory remedies under D.V. Act

Madras High Court: The full bench of P.N. Prakash, Teekaa Raman and A.D Jagadish Chandira, JJ. held that the jurisdiction

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Ups and Downs of our Constitution’s Platinum Journey

by Namit Saxena†

Case Briefs Foreign Courts

Kenya HC| “President cannot be both player and umpire in the same match”; Basic Structure of the Constitution is sacrosanct, and the President has no authority under the Constitution to initiate changes to it

High Court of Kenya: While deliberating upon constitutional petitions challenging the Building Bridges Initiative (hereinafter BBI) and the resulting controversial Constitution of

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The Untold Story of How Kesavananda Bharati and the Basic Structure Doctrine Survived an Attempt to Reverse them by the Supreme Court [SCC Archives]

by T.R. Andhyarujina†

Hot Off The Press News

Kesavananda Bharati, whose petition steered the way to the ‘Basic Structure doctrine’, passes away

His Holiness Kesavananda Bharati Sripadagalvaru, who initiated the case before the Supreme Court that gave us the ‘Basic Structure’ doctrine, passed away

Case Briefs Foreign Courts

Uganda SC | Constitutional Amendment removing age-limit for the President does not violate the Basic Structure

Supreme Court of Uganda: The Full Bench of Katureebe, CJ., Arach-Amoko, Mwangusya, Opio-Aweri, Tibatemwa-Ekirikubinza, and Mugamba, JJ SC; and Tumwesigye, AG JSC

High Courts

Sections 85 (2) (b) and 85 (3) (a) of Trade Marks Act, 1999 declared unconstitutional

Madras High Court: In a petition filed for the scrutiny of Section 85 of Trade Marks Act, 1999 dealing with the qualification