Constitution Sem 9

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PROJECT SUBMITTED TOMrs. Shraddha Ra!"# Ma$Ass%s#a&# Pr'()ss'r '( La*+ HNLU.Fa,"# '( C'&s#%#"#%'&a G'/)r&a&,) 0H'&s. I10F)d)ra%s$1SUBMITTED BY2
Abhinav K ShuklaRoll No. 03
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AC9NOWLEDGEMENT
Thanks to the Almiht! "ho ave me the st#enth to accom$lish the $#o%ect "ith shee# ha#& "o#k an&honest!. This #esea#ch ventu#e has been ma&e $ossible &ue to the ene#ous co'o$e#ation o( va#ious $e#sons. This $#o%ect "oul&n)t have been $ossible "ithout the hel$ o( ou# (acult!
Mrs. Shraddha Ra!"#Ma$+ Fa,"#'( C'&s#%#"#%'&aG'/)r&a&,) 0H'&s. I1
"ho ha& al"a!s been the#e at m! si&e"heneve# I nee&e& some hel$ #ea#&in an! in(o#mation. She has been m! mento# in the t#uest sense o( the te#m. The a&minist#ation has also been kin& enouh to let me use thei# (acilities (o# #esea#ch "o#k. Ithank them (o# this "oul& be #ate(ul to #eceive comments an& suestions (o# (u#the# im$#ovement o( this $#o%ect #e$o#t.Thankin *ou+Abhinav K ShuklaRoll No.03, Semeste# IX,Batch XII.
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- Int#o&uction..................................................03/-b%ectives o( Stu&!..........................................................................013-Resea#ch Metho&olo!............012-Amen&abilit! o( The In&ian onstitution.....................................04'41-5oct#ine o( Basic St#uctu#e.........................................................4'3/4-Basic St#uctu#e6' 7ath to"a#&s #ii&it! o# (le8ibilit!...................9'/9:-7#ovisions (o# ............................................................................../9'31;-onclusion.........................................................................................34 0- Re(e#ences.....................................................................................3;
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INTRODUCTION
““We the people are the rightful masters of both Congress and the courts, not to overthrow the Constitution but to overthrow the men who pervert the Constitution.”
 “The ideas upon which Constitution is based in one generation may be spurned as old –  fashioned in the net”.
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 Jennings
The onstitution make#s ave the $o"e# to amen& the onstitution in the han&s o( the7a#liament b! makin it neithe# too #ii& no# too (le8ible "ith a $u#$ose that the 7a#liament"ill amen& it as to co$e u$ "ith the chanin nee&s an& &eman&s o(
"we the people
. The7a#liament in e8e#cise o( its constituent $o"e# un&e# A#ticle 34; o( the In&ian onstitutioncan amen& an! o( the $#ovisions o( the onstitution an& this $o"e# em$o"e#s the 7a#liamentto amen& even A#ticle 34; itsel(. <o"eve#, the e8tent o( (le8ibilit! emb#ace& b! a onstitution has to be balance& b! a nee& to $#ese#ve its no#mative cha#acte# as a hihe# la" that #est#ains tem$o#a#! $a#liamenta#!ma%o#ities o( the nation. A#ticle 34; o( the onstitution &oes not $#esc#ibe an! e8$#esslimitation u$on the $a#liament)s amen&in$o"e#, ho"eve# the Su$#eme ou#t inKeshavanan&a Bha#ati v. State o( Ke#ala =9:3- &ecla#e& that A#ticle 34; &i& not enable $a#liament to alte# the >Basic St#uctu#e o# ?#ame"o#k) o( the onstitution.The >
 #octrine of $asic %tructure& 
 is a %u&e' ma&e &oct#ine to $ut a limitation on theamen&in $o"e#s o( the 7a#liament so that the
basic structure of the basic law of the
 
land 
cannot be amen&e& in e8e#cise o( its constituent $o"e# un&e# the onstitution. So the@uestion a#ises, is not the#e an! limitation on the amen&in $o"e#s o( the 7a#liament I( theans"e# o( this @uestion is not in a((i#mative "ith a #eason that the onstitution make#s &i& notinten&e& (o# such limitation othe#"ise the! "oul& have $#ovi&e (o# such limitation in theonstitution, then anothe# @uestion a#ises to "hat e8tent can the 7a#liament amen& the basicla" o( the lan& An&, i( the#e "ill be no limitation on the amen&in $o"e# o( the 7a#liament,a#e the#e not chances that this $o"e# o( amen&ment in the name o(
"constituent power
can
1 Sir Ivor Jennings, ‘
Some Characteristics of Indian Constitution’ 
, (1953), p.15.
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