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Model Diplomat Research Team · Last reviewed June 22, 2026

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- Minerva Mills Ltd.
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- Which clauses of the 42nd Amendment did Minerva Mills strike down?
- How does Minerva Mills relate to Kesavananda Bharati?
- Why is the rights–directives balance considered a basic feature?

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1. 31 July 1980

   Union of India\*\*, decided on and reported as AIR 1980 SC 1789, arose from the nationalisation of a sick textile undertaking in Bangalore under the Sick Text…

2. 24 April 1973

   State of Tamil Nadu (2007) — which subjected even Ninth Schedule laws enacted after to basic-structure scrutiny — and the NJAC\* judgment of 2015, where the…

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