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In Supreme Court Advocates-on-Record Association v. Union of India (16 October 2015), the Constitution (Ninety-ninth Amendment) Act, 2014 was struck down for infringing…

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On what ground did the Supreme Court declare the National Judicial Appointments Commission (NJAC) unconstitutional in 2015?

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In Supreme Court Advocates-on-Record Association v. Union of India (16 October 2015), the Constitution (Ninety-ninth Amendment) Act, 2014 was struck down for infringing judicial independence, a feature of the basic structure. The National Judicial Appointments Commission Act, 2014 fell with it, because it had no independent existence without the Commission the Amendment created.

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