The Doctrine of Basic Structure - Cricket Style

Imagine you're part of a cricket team and your coach, the constitution, decides to change the rules of the game mid-match. Suddenly, the number of overs changes, and the batting and bowling rules get altered. This would be weird, right? Now, imagine the opposition (the government) wants to make a new rule that says, 'We'll change the rules of the game whenever we feel like it.' That's exactly what happened in Keshavananda Bharti vs. Union of India (1973). The court said, 'Nope, we can't let you do that.' This is the doctrine of basic structure - the supreme court can't let the parliament change the fundamental framework of the constitution, no matter what. It's like the game's constitution - the rules that define the game itself.