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17. He went even a step further and contended that if for any reason the protection under Art. 31-C is held to be available to this law, that article, as amended by the 42nd amendment, is beyond the amending power of the Parliament as it destroys the basic structure of the Constitution. Reliance is placed on the observations of Mathew, J. and Chandrachud, J. (as he then was) in Smt. Indira Nehru Gandhi v. Raj Narain, that Art. 14 is a basic postulate of the Constitution Sri Babulu Reddy argued that since Art, 31-C, as it is amended by the 42nd amendment. sets at naught Art. 14, it is beyond the amending power of the Parliament.