Kesavananda Bharati case

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gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:United_States_Supreme_Court_case
gptkbp:citation gptkb:I._R._Coelho_v._State_of_Tamil_Nadu
gptkb:Indira_Nehru_Gandhi_v._Raj_Narain
gptkb:Minerva_Mills_v._Union_of_India
(1973) 4 SCC 225
gptkbp:country gptkb:India
gptkbp:date 24 April 1973
gptkbp:decision 7-6 majority
gptkbp:effect Defined limits of Parliament's amending power
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Kesavananda Bharati case
gptkbp:impact Landmark in Indian constitutional law
gptkbp:importantFor Most cited constitutional case in India
gptkbp:judge gptkb:A._K._Mukherjea
gptkb:A._N._Grover
gptkb:A._N._Ray
gptkb:D._G._Palekar
gptkb:H._R._Khanna
gptkb:J._M._Shelat
gptkb:K._K._Mathew
gptkb:M._H._Beg
gptkb:P._Jaganmohan_Reddy
gptkb:S._M._Sikri
gptkb:S._N._Dwivedi
gptkb:Supreme_Court_of_India
gptkb:K._S._Hegde
gptkb:Y._V._Chandrachud
gptkbp:language English
gptkbp:leader gptkb:S._M._Sikri
gptkbp:location gptkb:New_Delhi,_India
gptkbp:numberOfIssues Whether Parliament's power to amend the Constitution is unlimited
gptkbp:officialName gptkb:Kesavananda_Bharati_Sripadagalvaru_and_Ors._v._State_of_Kerala_and_Anr.
gptkbp:overruledBy Golaknath v. State of Punjab (partially)
gptkbp:petitioner gptkb:Kesavananda_Bharati_Sripadagalvaru
gptkbp:petitionerOccupation Head of Edneer Mutt, Kerala
gptkbp:popularFor gptkb:Kesavananda_Bharati_case
gptkbp:powers 13 judges
gptkbp:predecessor Judicial review of constitutional amendments
gptkbp:principle Parliament cannot alter the basic structure of the Constitution
gptkbp:prohibits Parliament's power to amend the Constitution
gptkbp:reaffirms Parliament's power to amend the Constitution
gptkbp:relatedEvent 24th, 25th, 26th, and 29th Constitutional Amendments
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Indian_Constitution
gptkb:Basic_structure_doctrine
gptkbp:response gptkb:State_of_Kerala
gptkbp:result Basic structure of the Constitution cannot be abrogated
gptkbp:subject Fundamental Rights
Constitutional amendments
Property rights
gptkbp:verdict Basic structure doctrine established
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Kesavananda_Bharati_v._State_of_Kerala
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5