The constitution empowers the Parliament and the State Legislatures to make laws within their respective jurisdiction. Bills to amend the constitution can only be introduced in the Parliament, but ...

The Chief Justice of India, D. Y. Chandrachud compared the ‘basic structure’ of the Constitution to the North Star, an unfailing guide which shows the way when the path appears convoluted. His ...

Vice President Jagdeep Dhankar on January 11 questioned the legitimacy of the basic structure doctrine, an unwritten rule that Parliament cannot amend certain features of the Constitution. Dhankar ...

EVERY few years the question of the basic structure of the constitution of Pakistan and the limitations of parliament’s power become issues of great public interest. In 2010, it was the judicial ...

ISLAMABAD: The 18th amendment is in violation of four features of the basic structure of the 1973 constitution, argued petitioner Hafeez Pirzada. The senior lawyer who is widely recognised as the ...

Court (SC) judgment on the 18th and 21st Amendments, the constitutional issue of basic structure has come up yet again. Does the Constitution of Pakistan have a basic structure? Should it have a basic ...

At a glance, I applaud the judges of the apex court for giving their decision on the 18th and 21st Amendments the other day. The judges of the apex court gave their judgement in an excellent manner, ...