exercised so as to damage the basic features of the Constitution or to destroy its basic structure. The identification of the features which constitute ... basic feature of the Constitution. (Para 622). Chandrachud, J. felt that the contention that judicial review is a part of the basic structure and that
Election Commission was impugned albeit, democracy, within the Constitution, is basic structure. Parts XV and XVI of the Constitution provide for election and its related ... discrimination. It would not only violate the equality but also the basic structure of the democracy enshrined in the Constitution. Parliament can provide qualification
within its territorial jurisdiction and it is a part of the basic structure of the Constitution of India.
18. In order to appreciate the submissions ... under Article 32 of the Constitution is part of the inviolable basic structure of the Constitution. While this jurisdiction cannot be ousted, other Courts
Constitution of India but also would be in breach of the basic structure of the Constitution.
68. The reservations made in favour of socially
