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Basic Structure doctrine: Defensive wall against totalitarian trends or attempt to establish judicial supremacy?
Any fair criticism of the Kesavananda Bharati case needs to take one important point into account. The circumstances under which the decision was taken by the court were extremely adverse. But now the times have changed
Constitution is meant to preserve integrity of nation and institutions; romanticising it is like confusing medium for message
To lend rigidity to a man-made document like the Constitution of India by imputing a sense of religiosity to it, is to defeat its core nature and, therefore, its object, which is to reflect the will of the people at a given point in time
SC's Aadhaar verdict reiterates supremacy of Constitution, shows State can't intrude upon citizens' privacy
The Aadhaar judgment, read together with the privacy judgment reveal that the Supreme Court of India takes data protection and privacy seriously.
Justice DY Chandrachud's dissenting opinion in Aadhaar judgment raises very valid points about parliamentary process
The Aadhaar judgment is a potential goldmine for those seeking to understand privacy and data protection laws in India and ensured that the pet project of two successive governments, has found sanctity in law.