 it reiterated that constituent power must be exercised by the parliament itself in accordance with the procedure laid down in article 368.The government of Indira Gandhi did not take kindly to this implied restriction on its powers by the court.On 26 April 1973, Justice Ajit Nath Ray, who was among the dissenters, was promoted to Chief Justice of India superseding three senior Judges, Shelat, Grover and Hegde, which was unprecedented in Indian legal history.