Question

What judgement was given by the Supreme Court in the Kesavananda Bharati case?
from lesson The making of independent India's Constitution​

Answer 1

Answer:

Kesavananda Bharati Sripadagalvaru & Ors. v. State of Kerala & Anr. (Writ Petition (Civil) 135 of 1970), also known as the Kesavananda Bharati judgement, is a landmark decision of the Supreme Court of India that outlined the basic structure doctrine of the Indian Constitution.[1]

Kesavananda Bharati v. State of Kerala

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Court

Supreme Court of India

Full case name

Kesavananda Bharati Sripadagalvaru & Ors. v. State of Kerala & Anr.

Decided

24 April 1973

Citation(s)

(1973) 4 SCC 225; AIR 1973 SC 1461

Holding

There are certain principles within the framework of Indian Constitution which are inviolable and hence cannot be amended by the Parliament. These principles were commonly termed as Basic Structure.