1973 CE · law constitution governance

Kesavananda Bharati Judgment

On 24 April 1973, a thirteen-judge bench of the Supreme Court decided *Kesavananda Bharati v. State of Kerala* by a narrow majority. The Court held that Parliament's constitutional-amendment power is broad but cannot be used to destroy the Constitution's 'basic structure', establishing one of the central doctrines of Indian constitutional law.

Central Wing of the Supreme Court of India in New Delhi — Later photograph of the Central Wing of the Supreme Court of India. The present Supreme Court building was inaugurated in 1958 and was already in use when Kesavananda Bharati v. State of Kerala was decided in 1973; this image does not depict the hearing or the petitioner. · Credit: Subhashish Panigrahi · License: CC BY-SA 4.0

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