Sri Shankari Prasad Singh Deo v. Union of India and State of Bihar DATE OF JUDGMENT: 05/10/1951 COURT: Supreme Court of India JUDGES: Kania, Hiralal J. (Cj), Sastri, M. Patanjali, Mukherjea, B.K., Das, Sudhi Ranjan, Aiyar, N. Chandrasekhara. REFERENCE: 1951…
Shri D.K. Basu vs State of West Bengal Bench: Kuldip Singh, A.S. Anand Citation: (1997) 1 SCC 416 Facts: There was an observable increase in number of ‘Use of 3rd Degree’, Custodial Crimes and Lock-up Deaths in spite of the…
Indra Sawhney v. Union of India Bench: M.H. Kania, C.J., M.N. Venkatachaliah, S. Ranavel Pandian, Dr. T.K Thommen, A.M. Ahmadi, Kuldip Singh, P.B. Sawant, R.M. Sahai and B.P. Jeevan Reddy, JJ. Citation: AIR 1993 SC 477 Facts: In this case…
Sri Venkataramana Devaru v. The State of Mysore DATE OF JUDGMENT: 1958 AIR 255 COURT: Supreme Court of India JUDGES: Das, Sudhi Ranjan (Cj), Aiyyar, T.L. Venkatarama, Imam, Syed Jaffer, Sarkar, A.K., Bose, Vivian REFERENCE: 1958 AIR 255 PARTIES Petitioner:…
S.P. Mittal Etc. vs Union Of India And Others DATE OF JUDGMENT: 8 November, 1982 COURT: Supreme Court of India JUDGES: Chandrachud, Y.V. ((Cj), Bhagwati, P.N., Reddy, O. Chinnappa (J), Eradi, V. Balakrishna (J), Misra, R.B. (J) REFERENCE: 1983 AIR,…
Shayara Bano v. Union of India Bench: Jagdish Singh Khehar, CJI Facts: Rizwan Ahmad (Husband) pronounced “Talaq, Talaq, Talaq” in the presence of two witnesses and delivered “Talaq nama” to Shayara Bano (wife). She filed a petition before the Supreme…
Mohd. Ahmed Khan v. Shah Bano Begum and Ors. DATE OF JUDGEMENT: 23.04.1985 COURT: Supreme Court of India JUDGES: Y.V. Chandrachud, C.J., D.A. Desai, E.S. Venkataramiah, O. Chinnappa Reddy and Ranganath Misra, JJ. REFERENCE: Criminal Appeal No. 103 of 1981…
State of Bombay v. Narasu Appa Mali DATE OF JUDGEMENT – 24th July, 1951 COURT – High Court of Bombay JUDGES – Justice M.C. Chagla and Justice Gajedragadkar Chagla CITATION – AIR 1952 Bom 84 SUBJECT: The scope of the…
Mohd. Hanif Quareshi & Ors v. The State of Bihar DATE OF JUDGMENT: 23/04/1958 COURT: Supreme Court of India JUDGES: Das, Sudhi Ranjan (Cj), Aiyyar, T.L. Venkatarama, Das, S.K., Gajendragadkar, P.B., Bose, Vivian REFERENCE: 1958 AIR 731 PARTIES Petitioner: Mohd.…
Lily Thomas V Union of India Citation: 6 SCC 224 Bench: S Ahmed, R Sethi Facts : Sushmita Ghosh married Shri G. C. Ghosh in accordance with the Hindu rites on 10th May in 1984. However, on 1st April 1992,…