 The true position is that every provision of the Constitution can be amended provided the basic foundation and structure of the Constitution remains the same.The nine signatories to the statement were 


Four judges did not sign


CJI S M Sikri held that the fundamental importance of the freedom of the individual has to be preserved for all times to come and that it could not be amended out of existence.According to the Chief Justice, fundamental rights conferred by Part III of the Constitution of India cannot be abrogated, though a reasonable abridgment of those rights could be effected in public interest.