Amendment, basic structure, landmark judgments and doctrines (Part XX)
Basic structure and the rights-directives balance
Practise 2 PYQsConcepts to cover
- Champakam Dorairajan to Minerva Mills: the balance
- Article 31C and the 25th and 42nd Amendments
- Harmony and balance as part of basic structure
- Kesavananda Bharati and the doctrine's origin
- Shankari Prasad, Sajjan Singh and Golaknath
- Elements the Court has named as basic features
- Clauses (4) and (5) of Article 368 and Minerva Mills
- I. R. Coelho: Ninth Schedule laws after 1973 are reviewable
Where to study
Indian Polity · M. Laxmikanth
- ch. 11 Basic Structure of the Constitution
- ch. 8 Conflict Between Fundamental Rights and Directive Principles
- ch. 11 Emergence of the Basic Structure
- ch. 11 Elements of the Basic Structure
NCERT Class XI Indian Constitution at Work, Chapter 9: Constitution as a Living Document
- pp. 1-24 whole chapter 'Constitution as a Living Document'
- pp. 16-17 'Basic Structure and Evolution of the Constitution'
The Constitution of India
- Art. 368(4)-(5)
- Art. 31C
- Art. 37
- Art. 368
- Art. 13(2)
- Art. 31B
- Ninth Schedule
Supreme Court of India, The State Of Madras vs Srimathi Champakam Dorairajanandthe on 9 April, 1951
- judgment of 9 April 1951
Supreme Court of India, Minerva Mills Ltd. & Ors vs Union Of India & Ors on 31 July, 1980
- judgment of 31 July 1980
NCERT Class XI Indian Constitution at Work, Chapter 2: Rights in the Indian Constitution
- pp. 20-22 'Relationship between Fundamental Rights and Directive Principles'
Supreme Court of India, Kesavananda Bharati Sripadagalvaru vs State Of Kerala And Anr on 24 April, 1973
- judgment of 24 April 1973
Supreme Court of India, Sri Sankari Prasad Singh Deo vs Union Of India And State Of Bihar(And on 5 October, 1951
- judgment of 5 October 1951
Supreme Court of India, Sajjan Singh vs State Of Rajasthan(With Connected on 30 October, 1964
- judgment of 30 October 1964
Supreme Court of India, I. C. Golaknath & Ors vs State Of Punjab & Anrs.(With Connected on 27 February, 1967
- judgment of 27 February 1967
Supreme Court of India, S.R. Bommai vs Union Of India on 11 March, 1994
- judgment of 11 March 1994
Supreme Court of India, I.R. Coelho (Dead) By Lrs vs State Of Tamil Nadu & Ors on 11 January, 2007
- judgment of 11 January 2007