The basic structure theory plays a useful part in our constitutional jurisprudence. But was there truly a judicial formulation by the Supreme Court of India of the basic structure doctrine in the Kesavananda Bharati case? An insider's unravelling of a fascinating story.
A day after The Pioneer reported the flourishing practice by the relatives of some Gujarat High Court judges, the upreme Court Bar Association on Thursday took a serious note of the issue.
Following the controversy triggered by the verbal duel between the two judges of the Gujarat High Court, the local bar council passed a resolution on January 23 seeking transfer of all judges whose relatives practised in the same court.
Message from Justice V.R.Krishna Iyer