7 anything but declare the law; but it may rightly reflect that a constitution of government is a living and organic thing, which of all instruments have the greatest claim to be construed ut res magis valent quam pareat i.e. it stands for trying to construe a law in a way to make sense, rather than to void it. The law should be given effect rather than be destroyed (1939) FCR 18,36(39). The that moot requires question a that clear raised answer in from this this appeal court is whether the Constitution (Sixteenth Amendment) Act, 2014 has violated the basic structure of the constitution. It is indeed the crux of this appeal. Apparently, this question may look very harmless and straightforward, but in fact it is not that simple issue to answer. Rather the answer to this question involves some immensely complex and unfathomably deep issues and events which have taken place in our political history during the last seven decades (1947 - 2016) in general and during the last four and half decade in particular (1971– 2016). If it has been a simple challenge of a constitutional amendment, it