The significance of Justice J Chelameswar’s concurring judgment in the Puttaswamy case is that it seeks to address the source of the Supreme Court’s power. It seeks to give a working jurisprudential model of the constitutional universe that was rendered into chaos by the manner of birth of the basic structure doctrine in the Kesavananda Bharati case. By fitting in with the concept of constitutional autochthony, “dark matter” offers an opportunity for restructuring our own understanding of the Constitution.
