Golak Nath v. State of Punjab

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Golak_Nath_v._State_of_Punjab
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gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:United_States_Supreme_Court_case
gptkbp:category Constitutional law case
gptkbp:citation AIR 1967 SC 1643
gptkbp:country gptkb:India
gptkbp:date 1967
gptkbp:decidedBy gptkb:Supreme_Court_of_India
gptkbp:effect Limited Parliament's power to amend the Constitution
gptkbp:heldBy Parliament cannot amend Fundamental Rights
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Golak Nath v. State of Punjab
gptkbp:language English
gptkbp:leader gptkb:K._Subba_Rao
gptkbp:legalIssue Amendability of Fundamental Rights
gptkbp:location gptkb:New_Delhi,_India
gptkbp:overruledBy gptkb:Kesavananda_Bharati_v._State_of_Kerala
gptkbp:petitioner gptkb:Henry_Golak_Nath
gptkbp:powers 11 judges
gptkbp:predecessor Doctrine of Basic Structure (later developed)
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Article_13_of_the_Constitution_of_India
gptkb:Article_368_of_the_Constitution_of_India
gptkbp:response gptkb:State_of_Punjab
gptkbp:type Landmark judgment
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:judicial_review_by_Supreme_Court_of_India
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5