TY - BOOK AU - Krishnaswamy,Sudhir TI - Democracy and constitutionalism in India: a study of the basic structure doctrine T2 - Law in India series SN - 9780199081455 (ebook) : AV - KNS1750 .K757 2010 U1 - 342.5403 23 PY - 2010/// CY - New Delhi, Oxford PB - Oxford University Press KW - Constitutional law KW - India KW - Constitutional amendments KW - Political questions and judicial power KW - Democracy N1 - First published: 2009; Includes bibliographical references and index N2 - The basic structure doctrine was announced by the Supreme Court in Kesavananda Bharati v. State of Kerala in 1973. This book argues that basic structure review in India is an independent and distinct type of constitutional judicial review which applies to all forms of state action to ensure that such action does not 'damage or destroy' the 'basic features of the Constitution' UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198071617.001.0001 ER -