basic structure doctrine
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The basic structure doctrine is a judicial principle in Indian constitutional law that limits Parliament’s power to amend the Constitution by prohibiting changes that damage its fundamental features, such as democracy, rule of law, and judicial review.
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| basic structure doctrine canonical | 1 |
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: basic structure doctrine Context triple: [Constitution of India, doctrineEstablished, basic structure doctrine]
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Basic Law
Basic Law is the constitutional charter of the Federal Republic of Germany, establishing its fundamental political and legal order.
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Basic Law V
Basic Law V is a central axiom in Frege’s logical system that equates the extensions of concepts with identical truth conditions, and whose inconsistency famously undermined his logicist foundation for arithmetic.
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Article 62 of the Basic Law
Article 62 of the Basic Law is the provision in Germany’s constitution that establishes the Federal Government as consisting of the Federal Chancellor and the Federal Ministers.
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Article 66 of the Basic Law
Article 66 of the Basic Law is a provision of Germany’s constitution that regulates the incompatibility of federal ministerial offices with certain other public or private positions to prevent conflicts of interest.
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Article 63 of the Basic Law
Article 63 of the Basic Law is the German constitutional provision that regulates the election and appointment of the Federal Chancellor by the Bundestag and the Federal President.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: basic structure doctrine Target entity description: The basic structure doctrine is a judicial principle in Indian constitutional law that limits Parliament’s power to amend the Constitution by prohibiting changes that damage its fundamental features, such as democracy, rule of law, and judicial review.
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A.
Basic Law
Basic Law is the constitutional charter of the Federal Republic of Germany, establishing its fundamental political and legal order.
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B.
Basic Law V
Basic Law V is a central axiom in Frege’s logical system that equates the extensions of concepts with identical truth conditions, and whose inconsistency famously undermined his logicist foundation for arithmetic.
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C.
Article 62 of the Basic Law
Article 62 of the Basic Law is the provision in Germany’s constitution that establishes the Federal Government as consisting of the Federal Chancellor and the Federal Ministers.
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D.
Article 66 of the Basic Law
Article 66 of the Basic Law is a provision of Germany’s constitution that regulates the incompatibility of federal ministerial offices with certain other public or private positions to prevent conflicts of interest.
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E.
Article 63 of the Basic Law
Article 63 of the Basic Law is the German constitutional provision that regulates the election and appointment of the Federal Chancellor by the Bundestag and the Federal President.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
constitutional law principle
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doctrine of Indian constitutional law ⓘ judicial doctrine ⓘ |
| affects | scope of Parliament's constituent power ⓘ |
| aimsTo |
preserve fundamental constitutional values
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prevent authoritarian constitutional amendments ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
basic features doctrine
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basic structure of the Constitution doctrine ⓘ |
| appliesTo | Constitution of India ⓘ |
| articulatedBy | majority in Kesavananda Bharati judgment ⓘ |
| characterizedAs | implied limitation on amending power ⓘ |
| controversialFor | judicial activism concerns ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | India ⓘ |
| distinguishes | ordinary constitutional provisions from basic features ⓘ |
| ensures | that constitutional amendments do not destroy core identity of the Constitution ⓘ |
| formulatedBy | Supreme Court of India ⓘ |
| influenced | constitutional jurisprudence in other countries ⓘ |
| jurisdiction | India ⓘ |
| languageOfOrigin | English ⓘ |
| legalSystem | Indian constitutional law ⓘ |
| limits |
Article 368 amending power
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amending power of Parliament of India ⓘ |
| prohibits | amendments that damage basic structure of the Constitution ⓘ |
| protects |
basic structure of the Constitution of India
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democracy ⓘ federalism ⓘ free and fair elections ⓘ fundamental rights ⓘ independence of judiciary ⓘ judicial review ⓘ judicial supremacy in constitutional interpretation ⓘ parliamentary system of government ⓘ republican form of government ⓘ rule of law ⓘ separation of powers ⓘ supremacy of the Constitution ⓘ unity and integrity of India ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Article 368 of the Constitution of India
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judicial review of constitutional amendments ⓘ power of constitutional amendment ⓘ |
| sourceCase | Kesavananda Bharati v. State of Kerala ⓘ |
| usedInCase |
I.R. Coelho v. State of Tamil Nadu
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Indira Nehru Gandhi v. Raj Narain ⓘ L. Chandra Kumar v. Union of India ⓘ Minerva Mills Ltd. v. Union of India ⓘ S. R. Bommai v. Union of India ⓘ Waman Rao v. Union of India ⓘ |
| yearFormulated | 1973 ⓘ |
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