Amendability & Interpretation
Alteration, Basic Structure & Legal Status
PART I — AMENDABILITY
SUB-REALM 21.1
Article 368 Applicability
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- Subject to amendment
- Constituent power applies
- Debated historically
- Confirmed by SC
SUB-REALM 21.2
Kesavananda Bharati
- Overruled Berubari
- Preamble is amendable
- Basic Structure limits
- Cannot destroy core
SUB-REALM 21.3
42nd Amendment 1976
- Only amendment yet
- Added Socialist
- Added Secular
- Added Integrity
PART II — LEGAL SIGNIFICANCE
SUB-REALM 21.4
Interpretive Guide
- Resolves ambiguities
- SC interpretation tool
- Reveals framers' intent
- Guides constitutional reading
SUB-REALM 21.5
Not a Source of Power
- No legislative power
- No power prohibition
- No independent authority
- Philosophical declaration only
SUB-REALM 21.6
Non-Justiciable
- Not enforceable in courts
- No legal remedies
- Moral force only
- Cannot override articles
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