Supreme Court of India
Pramati Educational & Cultural Trust ® & Ors. v. Union of India & Ors.
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What the Court ordered
We hold that the Constitution (Ninety-third Amendment) Act, 2005 inserting clause (5) of Article 15 of the Constitution and the Constitution (Eighty-Sixth Amendment) Act, H 764 SUPREME COURT REPORTS [2014] 11 S.C.R. A 2002 inserting Article 21 A of the Constitution do not alter the basic structure or framework of the Constitution and are constitutionally valid.
Judgment, page 52
From the headnote
Constitution of India, 1950: Art. 15(5) [as inserte.d by Constitution (Ninty-Third Amendment) Act, 2005] and Arts. 14, 19(1)(g) and 21 - Constitutional validity of Art. 15(5) - Held: Art. 15(5) does not alter the basic structure and framework of the Constitution - The provision is also not violative of the concept of secularism - None of the rights under Articles 14, 19(1)(g) and 21 have been abrogated by clause (5) of Article 15 and hence, it is constitutionally valid.
Authorities it was built on
- 1973 His Holiness Kesavananda Bharati Sripadagalavaru v. State of Kerala
- 2002 T.M.A. Pal Foundation and Ors. v. State of Karnataka and Ors.
- 2006 M. Nagaraj and Ors. v. Union of India and Ors
- 1975 State of Kerala & Anr. v. N. M. Thomas & Ors.
- 2008 Ashoka Kumar Thakur v. Union of India & Ors
- 1953 Dwarkadas Shrinivas of Bombay v. The Sholapur Spinning & Weaving Co. Ltd., and Others.
- 2003 Islamic Academy of Education and Another v. State of Karnataka and Others
- 1974 The Ahmedabad St.xaviers College Society & Anr. Etc. v. State of Gujarat & Anr.
- 1957 Sri Venkataramana Devaru and Others v. The State of Mysore and Others
- 1994 Dr. M. Ismail Faruqui Etc. v. Union of India and Ors.
- 1992 Miss Mohini Jain v. State of Karnataka and Ors.
- 1951 P. D. Shamdasani v. Central Bank of India Ltd.
Where later benches applied it
- 2025 Anjuman Ishaat-e-taleem Trust v. The State of Maharashtra and Others
- 2024 Anjum Kadari & Anr. v. Union of India & Ors.
- 2024 The State of Punjab & Ors. v. Davinder Singh & Ors.
- 2021 Dr. Jaishri Laxmanrao Patil v. The Chief Minister & Ors.
- 2021 Indian School, Jodhpur & Anr. v. State of Rajasthan & Ors.
- 2022 Janhit Abhiyan v. Union of India
Of those, 1 followed · 4 referred to · 1 mentioned
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