<Li> The sovereignty of the country . </Li> <P> Justices Hegde and Mukherjea, in their opinion, provided a separate and shorter list: </P> <Ul> <Li> The sovereignty of India . </Li> <Li> The democratic character of the polity . </Li> <Li> The unity of the country . </Li> <Li> Essential features of individual freedoms . </Li> <Li> The mandate to build a welfare state . </Li> </Ul> <Li> The sovereignty of India . </Li>

The theory of basic structure of the constitution was propounded by the supreme court in