Which one of the following does *not* describe the procedure or substance of the amendments to the Indian Constitution ?
The Bill to amend the Constitution has to be laid in any House of the Union Parliament.
The basic features of the Constitution cannot be amended.
In the event of a deadlock between the two Houses of the Parliament, there is no provision for a joint session.
The President cannot veto a Bill for the amendment of the Constitution.
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UPSC CISF-AC-EXE – 2020
– Statements A, C, and D describe aspects of this formal procedure: A) Bill can be introduced in either House (Art 368(2)), C) No joint session for amendment bills (Art 108 doesn’t apply to Art 368 bills), D) President must give assent (Art 368(2) as amended by 24th Amendment).
– Statement B refers to the ‘Basic Structure’ doctrine established by the Supreme Court (Kesavananda Bharati case, 1973). While a fundamental principle governing the *power* of amendment concerning substance, it is a judicially evolved concept and not part of the explicit procedural steps or inherent substance described in the constitutional text of Article 368.