Why in news The Supreme Court ruled that the validity of laws cannot be challenged for violating the "Basic Structure" of the ...
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The Supreme Court ruled that the validity of laws cannot be challenged for violating the "Basic Structure" of the Constitution.
SC upheld the power of the state to regulate madrasas, stating that laws cannot be invalidated based on undefined concepts like democracy, secularism, or federalism.
The Court clarified that to challenge a law for violating secularism, it must directly violate specific constitutional provisions.
The judgment cited the 1975 Raj Narain case, noting that the Basic Structure doctrine was used to invalidate a constitutional amendment but not ordinary statutes.
The Court warned that using the Basic Structure doctrine to invalidate ordinary laws could lead to uncertainty in constitutional interpretation.
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