Kesavananda Bharati

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Kesavananda Bharati was an Indian Hindu seer whose challenge to constitutional amendments led to the landmark 1973 Supreme Court judgment that established the “basic structure” doctrine of the Indian Constitution.

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instanceOf Hindu seer
person
religious leader
associatedWith Supreme Court of India NERFINISHED
associatedWithDoctrine basic structure doctrine NERFINISHED
burialPlace Edneer Mutt, Kerala, India NERFINISHED
caseDecisionDate 1973-04-24
causeOfNotability challenge to constitutional amendments in India
triggering landmark 1973 Supreme Court judgment
countryOfCitizenship India
dateOfBirth 1940-12-09
dateOfDeath 2020-09-06
education traditional Vedic education
ethnicGroup Malayali NERFINISHED
filedCaseAgainst State of Kerala NERFINISHED
Union of India NERFINISHED
hasTitle Shri Kesavananda Bharati Bharti Sripadagalvaru NERFINISHED
honorificPrefix Swami
influenced constitutional law of India
judicial review doctrine in India
knownFor leading to the basic structure doctrine of the Constitution of India
petitioner in Kesavananda Bharati v. State of Kerala
languageOfWorkOrName Malayalam
Sanskrit
legalCase Kesavananda Bharati v. State of Kerala NERFINISHED
legalImpact affirmed that basic structure of Constitution cannot be altered
limited Parliament’s power to amend the Constitution
legalStatusInCase petitioner
nativeLanguage Malayalam
notableEvent Supreme Court of India hearing in 13-judge bench
notableWork Kesavananda Bharati v. State of Kerala (as petitioner) NERFINISHED
occupation Hindu monk
religious teacher
partOf Edneer Mutt lineage
placeOfActivity Edneer, Kasaragod district, Kerala NERFINISHED
New Delhi NERFINISHED
placeOfBirth Kerala NERFINISHED
placeOfDeath Edneer, Kerala, India NERFINISHED
positionHeld Shankaracharya of Edneer Mutt NERFINISHED
religion Hinduism
religiousOrder Advaita Vedanta tradition NERFINISHED
residence Edneer Mutt NERFINISHED
subjectOf Kesavananda Bharati v. State of Kerala (Supreme Court of India judgment) NERFINISHED
numerous books on Indian constitutional law

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