The ongoing internal crisis in Myanmar is impeding India's Act East Policy. In light of the state-ment, discuss the measures taken by India to deal with the crisis and associated challenges. (10 marks, 150 words)

Act East policy was launched in 2014 from Naypyidaw, Myanmar to engage him South East Asia on commerce, culture, connectivity.

Myanmar forms the lynchpin of India's Act East Policy

(Crisis in Myanmar)

Associated challenges:

Measures taken by India:

Basic Structure Doctrine (BSD) is a juris prudential doctrine propounded in the Keshavananda Bharathi v/s State of Kerala Case 1973. It recognises the essentiality of certain basic features without which constitution loses salient charactern.

⇒ Supreme court declared dimitting amending power as basic it [Minerva Mills]

⇒ declared [Article 32] as basic structure

⇒ Federalism a basic structure as declared in S.R Bommai (1994)

⇒ [IK Golia Case] (2007)

⇒ [India Gandhi v/s Raj Narain] (1975)

However, it is also without criticism:

⇒ SC struck down 99th amendment

⇒ Way toward - Institutionalisation of core tenets the in Bangladesh, balance judicial activism with judicial restraint

While Basic Structure Doctrine has ensured a stable democracy ( Zoya Hassan ), it must not result into judicial overreach.