SCPartly Allowed(1973) 4 SCC 225

Kesavananda Bharativ.State of Kerala

Supreme Court of India·24 Apr 1973·Chief Justice S. M. Sikri and 12 Judges

Decided On

24 Apr 1973

Judges

Chief Justice S. M. Sikri and 12 Judges

Citation

(1973) 4 SCC 225

Statutes

Constitution of India, Art. 368, Constitution of India, Art. 13

1.The 13-judge bench, the largest ever constituted, held by a 7:6 majority that while Parliament has wide powers to amend the Constitution, it cannot use that power to destroy or emasculate the