Landmark judgments that changed India
by Ashok K. Ganguky
- Kolkata Rupa 2021
- 145 p.
The basic structure doctrine evolved to protect core constitutional values -- Dissent in the last court, changing constitutional values -- From Gopalan to Gandhi -- Strengthening the roots of democracy in India and ensuring a free and transparent election process -- Access to education and its denial by the fallacious dictum -- Affirmative state action and protection of reverse discrimination by courts -- The rarest of rare doctrine -- Powers of the president and the governor to grand pardon and remission -- Fast-changing social perspective.