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On wee hours of Sep 6, the Pontiff of Edneer Mutt of Kerala left for heavenly abode. Ordinarily, the death of a religious head would not concern the legal world – except, this Pontiff who gave to us the most important constitutional case in our history, for his name was His Holiness Kesavananda Bharati.
Kesavananda Bharati, the seer who ensured that the basic structure of India’s Constitution will remain undisturbed through the several amendments that came through the Parliamentary process, providing a long life to India’s democracy and federalism, died yesterday at age 79.