Minerva Mills v. Union of India (1980)

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gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:United_States_Supreme_Court_case
gptkbp:citation 1981 SCR (1) 206
AIR 1980 SC 1789
gptkbp:country gptkb:India
gptkbp:date 1980
gptkbp:decidedBy gptkb:Supreme_Court_of_India
gptkbp:heldBy Judicial review is part of basic structure
Limited power of Parliament to amend Constitution
Sections 4 and 55 of the 42nd Amendment Act are unconstitutional
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Minerva Mills v. Union of India (1980)
gptkbp:impact Limited Parliament's power to amend the Constitution
Reinforced the role of judicial review
Strengthened the Basic Structure Doctrine
gptkbp:judge gptkb:A._C._Gupta
gptkb:N._L._Untwalia
gptkb:P._N._Bhagwati
gptkb:P._S._Kailasam
gptkb:Y._V._Chandrachud
gptkbp:language English
gptkbp:leader gptkb:Y._V._Chandrachud
gptkbp:legalIssue gptkb:Judicial_Review
gptkb:Basic_Structure_Doctrine
Amendment of the Constitution
gptkbp:petitioner gptkb:Minerva_Mills_Ltd.
gptkbp:powers 5 judges
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:42nd_Amendment_of_the_Constitution_of_India
gptkb:Kesavananda_Bharati_v._State_of_Kerala
gptkbp:response gptkb:Union_of_India
gptkbp:subject gptkb:Parliamentary_Sovereignty
Separation of Powers
Constitutional Law
Judicial Review in India
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Article_31C
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6