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Constitution: As A Living Document

Question
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(a) After the Basic Structure ruling, the Parliament does not have power to amend the Constitution.

(b) The supreme court has given a clear list of the basic features of our constitution, which cannot be amended.

(c) Judiciary has the power to decide whether an amendment violates the basic structure or not.

(d) The Veshvananda Bliarati ruling has set clear limits on the Parliament's power to amend constitution.

Solution

(a) No, it is incorrect.

(b) No; the Supreme court has in many cases, only elaborated upon the theory of Basic Structure and given instances of what constitutes the Basic Structure of the Constitution.

(c) Yes.

(d) Yes, it has.