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Kesavananda Bharati case profound affirmation of India's commitment to constitutionalism: CJI Surya Kant

Kesavananda Bharati case profound affirmation of India's commitment to constitutionalism: CJI Surya Kant
Published on Nov 29, 2025 07:25 pm IST

How the Emergency left India’s judiciary bruised

The constitutional text, on its own, would not be able to carry out this function in the absence of a political climate that ensures the working of the Constitution. (HT Photo)
Published on Jun 24, 2025 11:25 pm IST

PM Modi condoles Kesavananda Bharati’s demise, says Kerala seer will continue to inspire generations

Bharati is recognised as the petitioner in a landmark judgment given by Supreme Court on the celebrated doctrine of basic structure of the Constitution.
Published on Sept 06, 2020 06:14 pm IST

Kesavananda Bharati, whose Supreme Court case was genesis of ‘basic structure’, dies

Bharati had filed a case on March 21, 1970 challenging the Kerala Land Reforms (Amendment) Act, 1969 and the three Constitutional amendments --- 24, 25 and 29.
Updated on Sept 06, 2020 09:21 am IST

Seer Kesavananda Bharati, hailed as Constitution’s saviour, dies

Seer Kesavananda Bharati died at the age of 79. His landmark case against Kerala govt’s land reforms helped define the basic rights under the constitution.
Updated on Sept 06, 2020 08:54 am IST

Aadhaar verdict: A landmark verdict for the greater common good

Dignity as a community value has guided the Supreme Court to explore the role of the State and community in establishing collective goals and restrictions on individual freedoms and rights on behalf of a certain idea of the good life.
Updated on Sept 27, 2018 12:42 pm IST