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Q.State whether correct: after Basic Structure ruling Parliament has no power to amend / SC gave clear list of unamendable basic features / judiciary decides if amendment violates basic structure / Kesavananda Bharati set clear limits on amend power.

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Two statements are correct — the judiciary decides whether an amendment violates the basic structure, and the Kesavananda ruling did set clear limits on Parliament's amending power — while the other two overstate what the ruling actually did.

  • "After the Basic Structure ruling, Parliament does not have the power to amend the Constitution." INCORRECT. The Kesavananda ruling explicitly "allows Parliament to amend any and all parts of the Constitution (within this limitation)" — Parliament's general power to amend the Constitution remains fully intact; only amendments that would violate the basic structure are barred.

  • "The Supreme Court has given a clear list of the basic features of our Constitution, which cannot be amended." INCORRECT. The Court has, across many cases since 1973, elaborated instances of what falls within the basic structure — but this is a growing, case-by-case body of interpretation, not a single fixed, exhaustive list settled once and for all. The chapter itself describes the theory as continuing to evolve through debate ("there can still be debates about what constitutes basic structure"), which would not be possible if the Court had already issued a complete, closed list.

  • "Judiciary has the power to decide whether an amendment violates basic structure or not." CORRECT. This is stated directly: the ruling "places the Judiciary as the final authority in deciding if an amendment violates basic structure." …

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