Law Faculty

Champion v. Ames (The Lottery Case), 188 U.S. 321; 23 S. Ct. 321; 47 L. Ed. 492 (1903) Facts—Congress passed legislation in 1895 to suppress lottery traffic through national and interstate commerce and the postal service. The regulation provided a…

Facts—Eugene V. Debs and associates, officers of the American Railway Union, had instituted a strike against the Pullman Company of Chicago. To enforce their demands, they picketed the railway cars of that company and would not allow them to either…

United States v. E. C. Knight Co., 156 U.S. 1; 15 S. Ct. 249; 39 L. Ed. 325 (1895) Facts—The government charged that the E. C. Knight Company, with four others, had contracted with the American Sugar Refining Company for…

S K NAUSAD RAHMAN & ORS. V. UNION OF INDIA & ORS. (2022) COURT: The Supreme Court of India CORAM: Dr Dhanjaya Y Chandrachud; Vikram Nath, JJ DATE OF JUDGEMENT : 10 March 2022 FACTS The appellants are inspectors of…

R. MUTHUKUMAR V. THE CHAIRMAN AND MANAGING DIRECTOR TANGEDCO COURT: The Supreme Court of India CORAM: Uday Umesh Lalit, S. Ravindra Bhat and Bela M. Trivedi, JJ. DATE OF JUDGEMENT : 07 February 2022 FACTS The advertisement or notification, calling…

PRABHA TYAGI V. KAMLESH DEVI COURT: The Supreme Court of India CORAM: Justice BV Nagarathna DATE OF JUDGEMENT: 12 March 2022 FACTS The appellant married Kuldeep Tyagi (deceased) on 18.6.2005 as per Hindu rites and rituals. Following the wedding, the…

PAHWA PLASTICS PVT. LTD & ANR. V. DASTAK NGO & ORS COURT: The Supreme Court of India CORAM: Justice Ms. Banerjee, Justice A.S. Bopanna DATE OF JUDGEMENT: 25 March 2022 FACTS Appellants Pahwa Plastics Pvt. Ltd. (Appellant No. 1) and…

OIL AND NATURAL GAS CORPORATION LTD. V. M/S DISCOVERY ENTERPRISES PVT. LTD. COURT: The Supreme Court of India CORAM: Dr.Dhananjaya Y Chandrachud, Surya Kant, Vikram Nath, J. DATE OF JUDGEMENT: 27 April 2022 FACTS The appeal arises from a judgment…

NOEL HARPER V. UNION OF INDIA COURT: The Supreme Court of India CORAM: A. M. Khanwilkar, Dinesh Maheshwari and C.T. Ravikumar, JJ. DATE OF JUDGEMENT: 8 April 2022 FACTS Petitioners challenged the constitutional validity of the revisions to the provisions…

NATIONAL HIGHWAYS AUTHORITY OF INDIA V. M/S ABHIJEET ANGUL SAMBALPUR TOLL ROAD LIMITED COURT: High Court of Delhi CORAM: C. Hari Shankar, J. DATE OF JUDGEMENT: 28 February 2022 FACTS The Petitioner filed petition under section 34 of the Arbitration…

N. RAJENDRAN V. S. VALLI COURT: Madras High Court CORAM: K.M. Joseph, J. Hrishikesh Roy, J. DATE OF JUDGMENT: 3 February 2022. FACTS In this instance, the HC overturned a couple’s decision to dissolve their marriage. The husband’s petition for…

MUKIS V. STATE OF U.P. COURT: High Court of Delhi CORAM: Hon’ble Shekhar Kumar Yadav,J. DATE OF JUDGMENT: 19 May, 2022 FACTS The revisionist has filed this application in revision against an order dated 16.11.2021 issued by the learned Addl.…

MONIRUL MOLLA V. STATE OF WEST BENGAL COURT: The Supreme Court of India CORAM: Justices Joymalya Bagchi and Bivas Pattanayak DATE OF JUDGMENT: 6 April 2022 FACTS On November 11, 2011, an FIR was filed against Monirul Molla and another…

MILLENNIUM EDUCATION V. EDUCOMP INFRASTRUCTURE COURT: The Supreme Court of India CORAM: Justice Sanjeev Sachdeva DATE OF JUDGEMENT: 13 May 2022 FACTS On 20.10.2014, Millennium Education Foundation (“Petitioner”) and EducompInfrastructure and School Management Limited (“Respondent”) entered into a collaboration agreement…