Kesavananda Bharati v. State of Kerala

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Supreme Court of India judgment constitutional law case landmark judgment

Kesavananda Bharati v. State of Kerala is a landmark 1973 Supreme Court of India judgment that established the basic structure doctrine, limiting Parliament’s power to amend the Constitution.

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Label Occurrences
Kesavananda Bharati v. State of Kerala canonical 5
His Holiness Kesavananda Bharati Sripadagalvaru v. State of Kerala and Another 1
Minerva Mills Ltd. v. Union of India 1

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Supreme Court of India judgment ⓘ
constitutional law case ⓘ
landmark judgment ⓘ
areaOfLaw basic structure of the Constitution ⓘ
constitutional amendments ⓘ
benchStrength 13 judges ⓘ
chiefJusticeOnBench S. M. Sikri ⓘ
constitutionalProvisionInterpreted Article 368 of the Constitution of India ⓘ
constitutionalProvisionInvolved Part III of the Constitution of India ⓘ
fundamental rights ⓘ
country India ⓘ
court Supreme Court of India ⓘ
dateDecided 1973-04-24 ⓘ
fullCaseName Kesavananda Bharati v. State of Kerala self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: His Holiness Kesavananda Bharati Sripadagalvaru v. State of Kerala and Another
holding Parliament cannot alter the basic structure of the Constitution ⓘ
Parliament has wide but not unlimited power to amend the Constitution under Article 368 ⓘ
impact established that certain features of the Constitution are unamendable ⓘ
limited Parliament's power to amend the Constitution ⓘ
influenced subsequent basic structure cases in India ⓘ
isLandmarkInIndianConstitutionalLaw true ⓘ
isLargestBenchToDecideConstitutionalCaseInIndia true ⓘ
judgeOnBench A. K. Mukherjea ⓘ
A. N. Grover ⓘ
A. N. Ray ⓘ
D. G. Palekar ⓘ
H. R. Khanna ⓘ
J. M. Shelat ⓘ
K. K. Mathew ⓘ
K. S. Hegde ⓘ
M. H. Beg ⓘ
P. Jaganmohan Reddy ⓘ
S. M. Sikri ⓘ
S. N. Dwivedi ⓘ
Y. V. Chandrachud ⓘ
jurisdiction original jurisdiction of the Supreme Court of India ⓘ
legalCitation (1973) 4 SCC 225 ⓘ
AIR 1973 SC 1461 ⓘ
legalIssue scope of Parliament's power to amend the Constitution of India ⓘ
validity of constitutional amendments affecting fundamental rights ⓘ
legalPrincipleEstablished basic structure doctrine ⓘ
majority 7 judges ⓘ
minority 6 judges ⓘ
overruledPrecedent I.C. Golaknath v. State of Punjab ⓘ
surface form: Golaknath v. State of Punjab
petitioner Kesavananda Bharati ⓘ
petitionerAffiliation Edneer Mutt, Kerala ⓘ
petitionerOccupation Hindu seer ⓘ
ratioOfDecision 7:6 ⓘ
respondent Kerala ⓘ
surface form: State of Kerala
subjectMatter challenge to constitutional amendments and land reform laws ⓘ
yearDecided 1973 ⓘ

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Constitution of India → significantCaseRelated → Kesavananda Bharati v. State of Kerala ⓘ
Article 368 → subjectOf → Kesavananda Bharati v. State of Kerala ⓘ
Article 368 → subjectOf → Kesavananda Bharati v. State of Kerala ⓘ
this entity surface form: Minerva Mills Ltd. v. Union of India
Kesavananda Bharati v. State of Kerala → fullCaseName → Kesavananda Bharati v. State of Kerala self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: His Holiness Kesavananda Bharati Sripadagalvaru v. State of Kerala and Another
basic structure doctrine → sourceCase → Kesavananda Bharati v. State of Kerala ⓘ
Nanabhoy Palkhivala → knownFor → Kesavananda Bharati v. State of Kerala ⓘ
Fali Sam Nariman → notableCase → Kesavananda Bharati v. State of Kerala ⓘ