Which of the following decisions of the Supreme Court did not propound or apply the basic structure…
Sajjan Singh v State of Rajasthan (1965) upheld the Seventeenth Amendment before the basic-structure doctrine was established in Kesavananda Bharati (1973). Minerva Mills…
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Which of the following decisions of the Supreme Court did not propound or apply the basic structure doctrine, in respect of amendment to the Constitution:
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Sajjan Singh v State of Rajasthan (1965) upheld the Seventeenth Amendment before the basic-structure doctrine was established in Kesavananda Bharati (1973). Minerva Mills applied that doctrine to limits on amendment, and L. Chandra Kumar treated judicial review as part of the basic structure.
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