Knowledge Themes
Article 368
Basic Structure Doctrine
Kesavananda Bharati Case
42nd Amendment Act
44th Amendment Act
Shankari Prasad Case
Golaknath Case
Minerva Mills Case
Constitutional Amendment Bill Procedure
Special Majority
Federal Provisions Amendment
73rd and 74th Amendment Acts
101st Amendment Act (GST)
Judicial Review of Amendments
Ninth Schedule & Article 31B
Structural Subtopics
- Procedure under Article 368 for constitutional amendments
- Distinction between amendments under Article 368 and simple majority legislation
- Role of state ratification in federal amendments
- Evolution of the Basic Structure Doctrine from Shankari Prasad to Kesavananda Bharati
- Limitations on Parliament's constituent power
- Significance of the 42nd and 44th Amendment Acts
- Constitutional status of Panchayati Raj and Municipalities (73rd and 74th Amendments)
- Anti-Defection Law and the Tenth Schedule (52nd and 91st Amendments)
- Impact of the 101st Amendment on fiscal federalism and GST
- Restoring state powers to identify SEBCs under the 105th Amendment
- Judicial review of amendments placed in the Ninth Schedule
- Procedure for the creation and abolition of Legislative Councils
- Absence of joint sitting provisions for constitutional amendment bills
- Impact of amendments on Fundamental Rights versus Directive Principles of State Policy
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