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Supreme Court must apply ‘basic structure’ doctrine to Election Commission row Decisive intervention required to salvarge credibility of electoral process

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    By K Raveendran The conditions are all ripe for the Supreme Court of India to take a position similar to the doctrine of the ‘basic structure’ of the Constitution. Luckily, court has before it a case that will warrant such an approach without being blamed for judicial activism. For, the crisis…

    — The Shillong Times

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    The Supreme Court hearing on October 27, 2026, regarding the Election Commission of India (ECI), the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar, and connected matters yielded several significant developments and clarifications. The day…

    — The Pioneer

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By K Raveendran The conditions are all ripe for the Supreme Court of India to take a position similar to the doctrine of the ‘basic structure’ of the Constitution. Luckily, court has before it a case that will warrant such an approach without being blamed for judicial activism. For, the crisis…

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Supreme Court must apply ‘basic structure’ doctrine to Election Commission row Decisive intervention required to salvarge credibility of electoral process

By K Raveendran The conditions are all ripe for the Supreme Court of India to take a position similar to the doctrine of the ‘basic structure’ of the Constitution. Luckily, court has before it a case that will warrant such an approach without being blamed for judicial activism. For, the crisis…

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