New Delhi, Senior advocate Rakesh Dwivedi has termed Constitution's basic structure doctrine as “vague, ambiguous and ...

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 ...

CJI B R Gavai stresses India’s legal system follows rule of law, not “bulldozer justice,” highlighting landmark judgments and ...

Former Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra on Friday said that there can be no trace of doubt that the basic structure doctrine stabilizes Constitutional governance and the rule of law. Meanwhile, ...

Our unique basic structure of the Constitution which protects minorities against majoritarian law-making in Parliament has again come under attack — this time by Rajya Sabha MP Ranjan Gogoi, the ...

The historically acclaimed 1973 Kesavananda Bharati judgment by an unprecedented 13-judge bench, by a majority of 7:6, propounded the "basic structure" doctrine and held that the soul of the ...

The Tribune, now published from Chandigarh, started publication on February 2, 1881, in Lahore (now in Pakistan). It was started by Sardar Dyal Singh Majithia, a public-spirited philanthropist, and is ...

India’s republic is built on rule of law, not bulldozer justice, Chief Justice Gavai said in Mauritius, citing Supreme Court ...

Of late, there has been criticism of the Basic Structure Doctrine on two major grounds, first, it was propounded for the first time by the Supreme Court in its judgment in Kesavananda Bharaticase ...

When Kenya’s Supreme Court said that the basic structure doctrine is not part of Kenya’s constitutional culture and therefore the 2010 Constitution will not be interpreted through that lens, it ...

The debate regarding a new constitution for Bangladesh has now reached mainstream politics. Responding to the discourse, the interim government has recently formed a nine-member commission for ...