Decisions that created or limited the power of courts to strike down laws: Marbury v Madison and the Indian line of Golaknath, Kesavananda Bharati and Minerva Mills on the basic structure of the constitution. A case belongs here when its cited article describes it as a decision on judicial review or on amendments to a constitution. It excludes cases on executive power and federalism. The group follows the line of cases from the first assertion of judicial review to the limits courts later set on amending a constitution.
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I. C. Golaknath and Others v. State of Punjab and Anothers (Wikipedia)
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Golaknath v. State Of Punjab (1967 AIR 1643, 1967 SCR (2) 762), or simply the Golaknath case, was a 1967 Indian Supreme Court case, in which the Court ruled that Parliament could not curtail any of the Fundamental Rights in the Constitution.
Kesavananda Bharati v. State of Kerala (Wikipedia)
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His Holiness Kesavananda Bharati Sripadagalvaru & Ors. v. State of Kerala & Anr. (Writ Petition (Civil) 135 of 1970), also known as the Kesavananda Bharati judgement, was a landmark decision of the Supreme Court of India that outlined the basic structure doctrine of the Indian Constitution.
Marbury v. Madison (Wikipedia)
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Marbury v. Madison, 5 U.S. (1 Cranch) 137 (1803), is a landmark decision of the Supreme Court of the United States that established the principle of judicial review, meaning that American courts have the power to strike down laws and statutes they find to violate the Constitution of the United States.
Minerva Mills v. Union of India (Wikipedia)
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Minerva Mills Ltd. and Ors. v. Union Of India and Ors. (case number: Writ Petition (Civil) 356 of 1977; case citation: AIR 1980 SC 1789) is a landmark decision of the Supreme Court of India that applied and evolved the basic structure doctrine of the Constitution of India.
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