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&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Constitution bench&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039; 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 &amp;quot;for the purpose of hearing any reference&amp;quot; made by the [[President of India]] under Article 143.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;https://indiankanoon.org/doc/244297/&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; This provision has been mandated by Article 145 (3) of the Constitution of India.&amp;lt;ref name=COI&amp;gt;{{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 }}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref name=EPW1&amp;gt;{{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}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; The [[Chief Justice of India]] has the power to constitute a Constitution Bench and refer cases to it.&amp;lt;ref name=hindu1&amp;gt;{{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}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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Constitution benches&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web|url=https://www.indialegallive.com/is-that-legal-news/what-is-a-constitution-bench-82551|title=What is a Constitution bench?}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; have decided many of India&amp;#039;s best-known and most important Supreme Court cases, such as &amp;#039;&amp;#039;[[A. K. Gopalan v. State of Madras]]&amp;#039;&amp;#039;, &amp;#039;&amp;#039;[[Kesavananda Bharati v. State of Kerala]]&amp;#039;&amp;#039; (basic structure doctrine) and &amp;#039;&amp;#039;[[Ashoka Kumar Thakur v. Union of India]]&amp;#039;&amp;#039; (OBC reservations) etc.&amp;lt;ref name=EPW1 /&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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