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Kesavananda Bharati passed away
September 11 , 2020
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- The man who behind the landmark judgement of basic structure doctrine passed away.
- He was the chief pontiff of Edneer Mutt in Kasaragod district, Kerala.
- He was the petitioner in Kesavananda Bharati v. State of Kerala.
- In 1970, He had filed a case challenging the Kerala Government’s attempts to acquire the Mutt’s property, through the Kerala Land Reforms Act of 1963 as amended in 1969.
- He had argued that this action violated his fundamental right to religion (Article 25), freedom of religious denomination (Article 26), and right to property (Article 31).
- It is a landmark decision of the Supreme Court of India that outlined the basic structure doctrine of the Constitution.
- This case had held that constitutional amendments through Article 368 were subject to fundamental rights review only if they affect the ‘basic structure of the Constitution’.
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