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                            *Important case laws related to Constitution of India:*
*1 S.R.Bommai v.UOI:* (1994) 
Federalism I Secularism Artilcle 356 and floor test.
S. R. Bommai case was a landmark judgment of the Supreme Court of India, where the Court discussed provisions of Article 356 of the Constitution of India and related issues. This case had a huge impact on Centre-State Relations. The judgement attempted to curb misuse of Article 356 of the Constitution of India, which allowed President's rule to be imposed on state governments.
*2 Samsher Singh v. State of punjab: (1974)*  
Function of President/Governor with aid and advice of 
Council of Ministers 
*3 Maneka Gandhi v. UOI: (1978)* 
Article 21 Right to travel abroad 
(Article 14, 19 and 21) 
 
*4 Indra Sawhney v. UOI: (1992)*
SCC - Mandal Commission 
*5 C. Golaknath case (1967):* 
Validity of the First and Seventeenth Amendments and described the scope of Article 13
*6 Kesvananda Bharti case (1973):*
Basic Structure of the Indian Constitution
*7 Menaka Gandhi case (1978):*
Significant towards the transformation of the judicial review 
*8 Waman Rao Case (1981):*
Validity of 9th Schedule.
                        
                    
                    
                    
                    
                    
                                    
                                        
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