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'''Constitution bench''' is the name given to the benches of the [[Supreme Court of India]] which consist of at least five judges of the court which sit to decide any case “involving a substantial question of law as to the interpretation” of the [[Constitution of India]] or "for the purpose of hearing any reference" made by the [[President of India]] under Article 143.<ref>https://indiankanoon.org/doc/244297/ {{Bare URL inline|date=April 2022}}</ref> This provision has been mandated by Article 145 (3) of the Constitution of India.<ref name=COI>{{cite web|title=Constitution of India, as on 29 July 2008 |url=http://lawmin.nic.in/coi/coiason29july08.pdf |accessdate=26 April 2014 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140909230437/http://lawmin.nic.in/coi/coiason29july08.pdf |archivedate=9 September 2014 }}</ref><ref name=EPW1>{{cite journal|title=Interpreting the Constitution: Supreme Court Constitution Benches since Independence|journal=Economic and Political Weekly|volume=XLVI|issue=9|url=http://www.jgls.edu.in/uploadedDocuments/ConstitutioEPW.pdf|accessdate=26 April 2014|publisher=Sameeksha Trust|format=Magazine|issn=0012-9976|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130719050330/http://www.jgls.edu.in/uploadedDocuments/ConstitutioEPW.pdf|archive-date=19 July 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref> The [[Chief Justice of India]] has the power to constitute a Constitution Bench and refer cases to it.<ref name=hindu1>{{cite news|last=S.|first=Rukmini|title=Cases decided by Constitution Benches dropping|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/cases-decided-by-constitution-benches-dropping/article5348431.ece|accessdate=26 April 2014|newspaper=[[The Hindu]]|date=14 November 2013}}</ref><br />
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Constitution benches<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.indialegallive.com/is-that-legal-news/what-is-a-constitution-bench-82551|title=What is a Constitution bench?}}</ref> have decided many of India's best-known and most important Supreme Court cases, such as ''[[A. K. Gopalan v. State of Madras]]'', ''[[Kesavananda Bharati v. State of Kerala]]'' (basic structure doctrine) and ''[[Ashoka Kumar Thakur v. Union of India]]'' (OBC reservations) etc.<ref name=EPW1 /><br />
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== External links ==<br />
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