Seminar on Fifty Years of Basic Structure Doctrine: Challenges and Concerns

On April 24, 1973, the Supreme Court of India delivered the Kesavananda Bharati judgment, and gave the basic structure doctrine in order to check the power of the Parliament to make amendments to the Indian Constitution. The doctrine has been put in use over the years in order to ensure that amendments to the text of the Constitution do not abrogate the basic features of the Constitution. The doctrine has worked as a guardrail for constituent power of the Parliament, and has played a prime role in the protection of fundamental rights, and in the avoidance of arbitrary rule. In order to celebrate the completion of 50 years of basic structure doctrine, the Institute of Law is organizing a seminar on Friday, April 28, 2023 from 4:30 PM to 5:30 PM. The seminar shall be organised in the Smart Classroom at ILNU. The seminar shall be open to the students and faculties of Nirma University.”