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  2. Twenty-fourth Amendment of the Constitution of India

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    The Twenty-fourth Amendment of the Constitution of India, officially known as The Constitution (Twenty-fourth Amendment) Act, 1971, enables Parliament to dilute Fundamental Rights through Amendments of the Constitution. It also amended article 368 to provide expressly that Parliament has power to amend any provision of the Constitution.

  3. Constitution of India - Wikipedia

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    Constitution of India. The Constitution of India is the supreme law of India. [2][3] The document lays down the framework that demarcates fundamental political code, structure, procedures, powers, and duties of government institutions and sets out fundamental rights, directive principles, and the duties of citizens.

  4. List of amendments of the Constitution of India - Wikipedia

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    To insert Article 371J in the Constitution [108] 1 January 2013 To empower the Governor of Karnataka to take steps to develop the Hyderabad-Karnataka Region. [108] Pranab Mukherjee: 99th: Insertion of new articles 124A, 124B and 124C. Amendments to Articles 127, 128, 217, 222, 224A, 231. [109] 13 April 2015 [110] Struck down on 16 October 2015

  5. Amendment of the Constitution of India - Wikipedia

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    v. t. e. Amending the Constitution of India is the process of making changes to the nation's fundamental law or supreme law. The procedure of amendment in the constitution is laid down in Part XX (Article 368) of the Constitution of India. This procedure ensures the sanctity of the Constitution of India and keeps a check on arbitrary power of ...

  6. Basic structure doctrine - Wikipedia

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    Constitution of India. The basic structure doctrine is a common law legal doctrine that the constitution of a sovereign state has certain characteristics that cannot be erased by its legislature. The doctrine is recognised in India, Bangladesh, Pakistan, and Uganda. It was developed by the Supreme Court of India in a series of constitutional ...

  7. Judicial review in India - Wikipedia

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    Judicial review in India is a process by which the Supreme Court and the High Courts of India examine, determine and invalidate the Executive or Legislative actions inconsistent with the Constitution of India. [1] The word judicial review finds no mention in the Constitution of India but The Constitution of India implicitly provides for ...

  8. Part I of the Constitution of India - Wikipedia

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    Article 4 is invoked when a law is enacted under Article 2 or 3 for the marginal, incidental and the consequential provisions needed for changing boundary of a state or union territory. As per Article 4 (2), no such law framed under Article 4 (1), shall be deemed to be an amendment of the constitution for the purposes of article 368.

  9. Fundamental rights in India - Wikipedia

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    The words sovereignty and integrity are the qualities to be cultivated/emulated by Indian people as urged by the Constitution but not used related to the territory of India. Article 1 of Part 1 of the Indian constitution, defines India (Bharat) as a Union of states. In a nutshell, India "is its people, not its land", as enshrined in the ...