Unlike the basic structure doctrine, the due process clause was duly discussed and endorsed by the Constituent Assembly, even though it was subsequently dropped. The due process clause has a ...

Abhishek Singhvi questioned the curtailment of assembly tenures, arguing it violates the basic structure. Hemant Gupta suggested extending assembly tenures instead of dissolving them early.

He said that he does not subscribe to the idea that the judiciary can strike down amendments passed by the legislature on the ground that they violate the ‘basic structure’ of the Constitution.

He was Prof Dietrich Conrad, head of the law department at the South Asia Institute of the University of Heidelberg, and the author of the doctrine that “the basic structure” of a constitution ...

Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar on Wednesday questioned the landmark Supreme Court judgment that evolved the doctrine of basic structure ... NJAC act—Rajasthan Assembly being the first one ...

Singhvi said curtailment of assembly tenures, as well as that of Parliament, would run afoul of the basic structure of the Constitution. He is reported to have termed it as compulsory reduction in ...