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Landmark cases that altered constitution of india(its only the crux of the matter ) Golak Nath vs. The State of Punjab- decision said Article 13 prevents the passing of laws which "take away or abridge" the Fundamental Rights provisions.Article 368 does not contain a power to amend the constitution but only a procedure.The power to amend comes from the normal legislative power of Parliament.Therefore, amendments which "take away or abridge" the Fundamental Rights provisions cannot be passed.

Kesavananda Bharati v. The State of Kerala- a vital decision of the Supreme Court . It is the basis for the power of the Indian judiciary to review, and strike down, amendments to the Constitution of India passed by the Indian parliament which conflict with or seek to change the constitution's "'basic structure'".

"It overruled the Golak nath case "

*The 42nd amendment is thought to be the immediate and most direct fall out of the judgement*

Minerva mills case- the SC ruled that the 'judicial review', being a basic feature of constitution, couldn't be taken away by the Parliament by amendment of constitution. A key implication of this judgment is that the SC had empowered itself to sit on the judgment over any law passed by Parliament or any amendment done, to see their constitutionality.it happened during indira gandhi's tenure

Bommai case - during 1993-94 ,this verdict stopped the misuse of Article 356 (imposition of president rule), to impose central authority on states, was stopped after this judgement.was initiated by SR Bommai ,the then CM of karnataka

The question whether fundamental rights can be amended under article 368 came for consideration in the Supreme Court in Shankari Prasad case The Supreme Court held that power to amend including the fundamental rights is contained in Article 368 and the same view was taken by court in Sajjan Singh case

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