Parliament is a creature of the constitution, not its master. Highlighting relevant case laws discuss how judicial intervention has shaped the balance between the Constitution and parliamentary sovereignty.

Judicial intervention has marked an intricate balance between parliament sovereignty and constitutional supremacy with has been protected by judiciary time and again. Judicial Intervention: (1) Shankari Prasad case (1951) => the parliament has the powers to amend the fundamental rights as it does not violate article 13. (2) Golamnath case => No power under article 368 to amend the fundamental rights. (3) Keshvananda Bharati case (1973) => Basic structure doctrine => Balance b/w parliament and constitution. (4) A.K Diwi laws case => Separation of powers and functions, as given in const.