Who among the following Justices of the Supreme Court of India delivered a dissenting judgement in the…
In the 7:6 landmark decision in Kesavananda Bharati v. State of Kerala (1973), Justice K.K. Mathew was among the six dissenting judges who dissented from the majority view…
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Who among the following Justices of the Supreme Court of India delivered a dissenting judgement in the Keshavananda Bharati Vs. State of Kerala (1973) case ?
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In the 7:6 landmark decision in Kesavananda Bharati v. State of Kerala (1973), Justice K.K. Mathew was among the six dissenting judges who dissented from the majority view that Parliament cannot alter the basic structure of the Constitution under Article 368. Justices J.M. Shelat, P. Jaganmohan Reddy, and H.R. Khanna were part of the seven-judge majority.
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