LAWS(SC)-1973-4-33

HIS HOLINESS KESAVANANDA BHARATI SRIPADAGALVARU SHRI RAGHUNATH RAO GANPAT RAO N H NAWAB MOHAMMAD IFTIKHAR ALI KHAN SHETHIA MINING AND MANUFACTURING CORPORATION LIMITED THE ORIENTAL GOAL GO LIMITED Vs. STATE OF KERALA:UNION OF INDIA

Decided On April 24, 1973
HIS HOLINESS KESAVANANDA BHARATI SRIPADA GALVARU Appellant
V/S
STATE OF KERALA Respondents

JUDGEMENT

(1.) THE following Judgments of the court were delivered by -

(2.) I propose to divide my judgement into eight parts. Part I will deal with Introduction; Part II with interpretation of Golak Nath's case; Part III with the interpretation of the original Article 368, as it existed prior to its amendment; Part IV with the validity of the Constitution (Twenty -fourth Amendment) Act; Part V with the validity of Section 2 of the Constitution (Twenty -fifth Amendment) Act; Part VI with the validity of S. 9 of.the Constitution (Twenty -fifth Amendment) Act; Part VII with Constitution (Twenty -ninth Amendment) Act; and Part VIII with conclusions.

(3.) IN the meantime, the Supreme Court by its judgment, dated 26/04/1971, in Kunjukutty Sahib v. State of Kirala upheld the majority judgment of the Kerala High court in V. N. Marayanan Nair v. State of Kerala whereby certain S. of the Act were struck down.