Minerva Mills Ltd. v. Union of India

E547317

Supreme Court of India judgment constitutional law case landmark judgment

Minerva Mills Ltd. v. Union of India is a landmark 1980 judgment of the Supreme Court of India that reaffirmed and strengthened the basic structure doctrine by limiting Parliament’s power to amend the Constitution.

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Label	Occurrences
Minerva Mills Ltd. v. Union of India canonical	1
judgment in Minerva Mills v. Union of India	1

Statements (45)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Supreme Court of India judgment ⓘ constitutional law case ⓘ landmark judgment ⓘ
benchType	Constitution Bench NERFINISHED ⓘ
chiefJusticeOnBench	Y. V. Chandrachud NERFINISHED ⓘ
citation	(1980) 3 SCC 625 ⓘ AIR 1980 SC 1789 ⓘ
concerns	amendment of the Constitution of India ⓘ judicial review ⓘ limits on Parliament’s amending power ⓘ
constitutionalAmendmentChallenged	Constitution (Forty-second Amendment) Act, 1976 NERFINISHED ⓘ
country	India ⓘ
court	Supreme Court of India NERFINISHED ⓘ
decisionDate	1980 ⓘ
effect	limited Parliament’s power to amend the Constitution ⓘ protected the balance between Fundamental Rights and Directive Principles ⓘ reaffirmed the basic structure doctrine ⓘ strengthened judicial review over constitutional amendments ⓘ
followsDoctrine	basic structure doctrine NERFINISHED ⓘ
fullCaseName	Minerva Mills Ltd. and Others v. Union of India and Others NERFINISHED ⓘ
geographicalJurisdiction	territory of India ⓘ
held	Parliament’s power to amend the Constitution is limited by the basic structure doctrine ⓘ harmony and balance between Fundamental Rights and Directive Principles is part of the basic structure ⓘ the power of judicial review is part of the basic structure of the Constitution of India ⓘ
heldUnconstitutional	Section 4 of the Constitution (Forty-second Amendment) Act, 1976 ⓘ Section 55 of the Constitution (Forty-second Amendment) Act, 1976 ⓘ
importance	considered one of the leading cases on the basic structure doctrine in India ⓘ
judge	A. C. Gupta NERFINISHED ⓘ N. L. Untwalia NERFINISHED ⓘ P. N. Bhagwati NERFINISHED ⓘ S. Murtaza Fazal Ali NERFINISHED ⓘ Y. V. Chandrachud NERFINISHED ⓘ
jurisdiction	original jurisdiction of the Supreme Court of India ⓘ
languageOfJudgment	English ⓘ
legalArea	basic structure doctrine ⓘ constitutional law ⓘ
numberOfJudges	5 ⓘ
petitioner	Minerva Mills Ltd. NERFINISHED ⓘ
precedent	Kesavananda Bharati v. State of Kerala NERFINISHED ⓘ
relatedToConstitutionalArticles	Article 31C of the Constitution of India NERFINISHED ⓘ Article 368 of the Constitution of India NERFINISHED ⓘ Part III of the Constitution of India ⓘ Part IV of the Constitution of India ⓘ
respondent	Union of India NERFINISHED ⓘ
subsequentInfluence	cited in later Supreme Court of India cases on constitutional amendments ⓘ

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basic structure doctrine → usedInCase → Minerva Mills Ltd. v. Union of India ⓘ

Y. V. Chandrachud → notableWork → Minerva Mills Ltd. v. Union of India ⓘ

this entity surface form: judgment in Minerva Mills v. Union of India