{"id":257703,"date":"2023-08-28T19:49:34","date_gmt":"2023-08-28T14:19:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=257703"},"modified":"2023-08-29T11:21:41","modified_gmt":"2023-08-29T05:51:41","slug":"dont-shut-down-the-debate-on-the-basic-structure-of-the-constitution","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/dont-shut-down-the-debate-on-the-basic-structure-of-the-constitution\/","title":{"rendered":"Don\u2019t shut down the debate on the Basic Structure of the Constitution"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Source<\/strong>&#8211; The post is based on the article <strong>\u201cDon\u2019t shut down the debate on the Basic Structure of the Constitution\u201d <\/strong>published in <strong>\u201cThe Indian Express\u201d <\/strong>on <strong>28th August 2023<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Syllabus: <\/strong>GS2 \u2013 Functioning of Judiciary<\/p>\n<p><strong>News<\/strong>&#8211; During a debate in Parliament, Ranjan Gogoi claimed that the \u201cBasic Structure Doctrine\u201d has asserted that basic structure has \u201ca very debatable jurisprudential basis\u201d.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Why is there a need to carefully examine the Rajan Gogoi viewpoint about basic structure doctrine?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>The importance of the broader matter cannot be exaggerated, especially in the <strong>present context <\/strong>of Indian politics.<\/p>\n<p>The Supreme Court will reexamine this matter when the hearings on the <strong>revocation of Article 370 and the Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation Act 2019<\/strong> gain momentum.<\/p>\n<p>The practice of <strong>&#8220;cancel culture,&#8221; <\/strong>which avoids discussions, is detrimental to both the<strong> pursuit of justice and the strengthening of democracy. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>It is crucial to recall the words of Pandit Nehru and his <strong>&#8220;Freedom at Midnight&#8221; speech.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>As per Nehru, the <strong>collective voice<\/strong> of the nation finds expression through the <strong>instrument of Parliament.<\/strong> The <strong>independent and unimpeded functioning<\/strong> of Parliament is indispensable for the <strong>sustenance of Indian democracy.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source&#8211; The post is based on the article \u201cDon\u2019t shut down the debate on the Basic Structure of the Constitution\u201d published in \u201cThe Indian Express\u201d on 28th August 2023. Syllabus: GS2 \u2013 Functioning of Judiciary News&#8211; During a debate in Parliament, Ranjan Gogoi claimed that the \u201cBasic Structure Doctrine\u201d has asserted that basic structure has&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/dont-shut-down-the-debate-on-the-basic-structure-of-the-constitution\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Don\u2019t shut down the debate on the Basic Structure of the Constitution<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10320,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1230,9],"tags":[212,225],"class_list":["post-257703","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-9-pm-daily-articles","category-public","tag-gs-paper-2","tag-polity","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/257703","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10320"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=257703"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/257703\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=257703"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=257703"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=257703"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}