01665nam a2200349 a 4500 EDZ0000091696 StDuBDS 20150804193934.0 m||||||||d|||||||| cr|||||||||||| 120702r20102009ii fo| 001 0 eng|d 9780199081455 (ebook) : No price StDuBDS StDuBDS KNS1750 .K757 2010 342.5403 23 Krishnaswamy, Sudhir. Democracy and constitutionalism in India [electronic resource] : a study of the basic structure doctrine / Sudhir Krishnaswamy. New Delhi ; Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2010. 1 online resource (xxxiii, 244 p.). Law in India series First published: 2009. Includes bibliographical references and index. The basic structure doctrine was announced by the Supreme Court in Kesavananda Bharati v. State of Kerala in 1973. This book argues that basic structure review in India is an independent and distinct type of constitutional judicial review which applies to all forms of state action to ensure that such action does not 'damage or destroy' the 'basic features of the Constitution'. Description based on print version record. Constitutional law India. Constitutional amendments India. Political questions and judicial power India. Democracy India. Print version 9780198071617 Law in India series. Oxford scholarship online http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198071617.001.0001 37544 37544