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“The basic structure doctrine is implicit in the Indian Constitution; the Supreme Court has only given it an explicit for.” Comment.

  • UPSC 2019
  • 20 marks
  • Salient Features of the Indian Constitution

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The statement takes the discovery view of the basic structure: the limit on amendment was always in the Constitution, and Kesavananda Bharati (1973) merely named it. Critics take the invention view: a court read into Article 368 a restraint the framers chose not to write. The better answer is that the principle is implicit while…

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  • The Case for Implicitness
  • The Case That It Was Constructed
  • Weighing the Two
  • Conclusion
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