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Comment: Kesavananda Bharathi Case.

  • UPSC 1996
  • 20 marks
  • Salient Features of the Indian Constitution

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Kesavananda Bharati v. State of Kerala, decided on 24 April 1973 by the largest bench the Supreme Court has ever sat, settled the question dividing Parliament and the Court since 1951: is the amending power unlimited? By 7:6 the Court held that Parliament may amend every provision but may not destroy the basic structure, turning…

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