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29. In Supreme Court Advocates-on-Record Association v. Union of India5, the constitutional validity of the Constitution (Ninety-ninth Amendment) Act, 2014 and the (2016) 5 SCC 1 National Judicial Appointments Commission Act, 2014 were challenged before the Supreme Court. The Constitutional Bench held as under:-

"853. The accepted view is that a parliamentary statute can be struck down only if it is beyond legislative competence or violates Article 13 or the fundamental rights. The basic structure doctrine is not available for striking down a statute. It was held in State of A.P. v. McDowell & Co. [State of A.P. v. McDowell & Co., (1996) 3 SCC 709, para 43] that: (SCC pp. 737-38) "43. ... The power of Parliament or for that matter, the State Legislatures is restricted in two ways. A law made by Parliament or the legislature can be struck down by courts on two grounds and two grounds alone viz. (1) lack of legislative competence and (2) violation of any of the fundamental rights guaranteed in Part III of the Constitution or of any other constitutional provision.