'Basic structure' doctrine a judicial coup against Parliament. Gogoi is right in debating it

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The Supreme Court delivered a verdict, ruling that while Parliament possessed the authority to amend the Constitution, it couldnt alter its basic structure..

Therefore, due to said prohibition, the Supreme Court cannot prevent Parliament from considering and passing any amendment, nor does it have the power to test the amendment which forms part of the Constitution after the Presidential assent...

Also, such a drastic power to prevent Parliament from amending the Constitution cannot be said to lie with the Supreme Court as the judges are the delegates of delegates..

Unfortunately, the Supreme Court illegitimately read the Basic Structure Doctrine within the Constitution as a limit upon the amending powers of Parliament...

Judges overruling Parliament:The basic structure idea lets judges cancel laws passed byParliament if they think those laws dont fit with the Constitutions basic structure..

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