Vice President Jagdeep Dhankar on January 11 questioned the legitimacy of the basic structure doctrine, an unwritten rule that Parliament cannot amend certain features of the Constitution. Dhankar ...

The Chief Justice of India, D. Y. Chandrachud compared the ‘basic structure’ of the Constitution to the North Star, an unfailing guide which shows the way when the path appears convoluted. His ...

The constitution empowers the Parliament and the State Legislatures to make laws within their respective jurisdiction. Bills to amend the constitution can only be introduced in the Parliament, but ...

The Basic Structure Doctrine should balance its ambit concerning the powers of Parliament, as it is the biggest forum of representative democracy This year in April, we celebrated the 50th anniversary ...

The story so far: Vice-President and Rajya Sabha Chairman Jagdeep Dhankar’s recent public criticism of the judiciary and remark that courts cannot dilute “parliamentary sovereignty” sparked a debate ...

EVERY few years the question of the basic structure of the constitution of Pakistan and the limitations of parliament’s power become issues of great public interest. In 2010, it was the judicial ...

This history of the Indian judiciary and Supreme Court is marked by several landmark judgments that reinforced the notion of constitutional morality, entrenched and strengthened fundamental rights and ...