Important Cases of
the Constitution
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Berubari
Case
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Preamble
not a part of the constitution
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Golaknath
Case1967
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Supreme
court held that the Parliament had no power to amend any of the
provisions
of Part III (Fundamental rights) The Indira Gandhi government
in
1971 carried out the 24th Amendment with a view to assert the right of the
parliament to amend any part of the constitution.
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Keshvanada
Bharti Case
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Preamble
was a part of the constitution & can be amended by Parliament
under
Article 368. Parliament can also amend the fundamental rights
(Against
Golaknath case) but ruled that the parliament cannot destroy the
basic
structure of the constitution.
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Minerval
Mills Case 1980
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The
42nd.amendment carried out in 1976 gave asserted that parliament had
unlimited
powers to amend the constitution & tried to accord precedence to
Directive principles over fundamental rights. But in the Minerva Mills Case
the Supreme court struck down those provisions
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Menaka
Gandhi Vs Union of India
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Right
to live is not merely confined to physical existence but includes
within
its ambit the right to live with human dignity
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