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WBCS Main Examination 2023 — Paper V: Indian Constitution and Economy · Question 65 of 200

Q65
Indian PolityJudiciary & Landmark Judgments
Choose the case in which the Supreme Court by a majority ruled that Parliament could amend any part of the Constitution of India, but it could not alter or destroy 'The basic structure' of the Constitution.
  1. a.Minerva Mills Case, 1980
  2. b.Golaknath Case, 1967
  3. c.Keshavananda Bharati Case, 1973
  4. d.A. K. Gopalan Case, 1950

Answer: (C) Keshavananda Bharati Case, 1973

In Kesavananda Bharati v. State of Kerala (1973) a 13-judge bench held 7:6 that Parliament may amend any part of the Constitution but cannot destroy its basic structure. Golaknath had denied the power to amend Fundamental Rights, Minerva Mills applied the doctrine later, and A. K. Gopalan concerned preventive detention.

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