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The landmark case of 'Golaknath v. State of Punjab' was decided in the year:

I.C. Golaknath v. State of Punjab was decided on 27 February 1967 by an eleven-judge bench, which held by 6:5 that Parliament could not amend the Constitution to take away…

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The landmark case of 'Golaknath v. State of Punjab' was decided in the year:

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I.C. Golaknath v. State of Punjab was decided on 27 February 1967 by an eleven-judge bench, which held by 6:5 that Parliament could not amend the Constitution to take away or abridge Fundamental Rights. Parliament responded with the 24th Amendment in 1971, and Golaknath was overruled in Kesavananda Bharati (1973). The 1965 decision on the same issue was Sajjan Singh v. State of Rajasthan.

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