What was held in the case of Golak Nath v. State of Punjab ?
In Golak Nath v. State of Punjab, the Supreme Court overruling its earlier decision in Shankari Prasad and Sajjan Singh, that the Fundamental Rights are non-amendable through the constitutional amending procedure set out in Article 368, while the minority upheld the line of reasoning adopted by the Court in the two earlier cases.
Originally written on
April 14, 2013
and last modified on
July 7, 2025.
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