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Centre for Enquiry Into Health And Allied Themes (CEHAT) & Others v. Union of India & Others DATE OF JUDGEMENT: 10/09/2003 COURT: Supreme Court of India JUDGES: M.B. SHAH & ASHOK BHAN. REFERENCE: Writ Petition (civil) 301 of 2000 PARTIES:…

Basheshar Nath v. The Commissioner Of Income-Tax,Delhi & Rajasthan & Another. Bench: Justice Sudhi Ranjan Das, Justice Natwarlal H. Bhagwati, Justice S.K. Das, Justice J.L. Kapur and Justice K. Subbarao Appellant: Basheshar Nath Respondent: The Commissioner Of Income-Tax,Delhi & Rajasthan…

Bandhua Mukti Morcha v. Union of India & Others DATE OF JUDGMENT: 16/12/1983 COURT: Supreme Court of India JUDGES: Justice P.N.Bhagwati REFERENCE: 1984 AIR 802 PARTIES Petitioner: Bandhua Mukti Morcha Respondent: Union of India & Others SUBJECT: The judgment revolves…

Bachan Singh v. State of Punjab DATE OF JUDGEMENT – 16th August 1982 COURT – Supreme Court of India JUDGES – Justice Y.V. Chandrachud, Justice A. Gupta, Justice N. Untwalia, Justice P.N. Bhagwati, Justice R Sarkaria and Justice A.C. Gupta…

Aruna Ramchandra Shanbaug v. Union of India & Ors DATE OF JUDGMENT: 07/03/2011 COURT: Supreme Court of India JUDGES: Justice Markandey Katju and Justice Gyan Sudha Misra REFERENCE: AIR 2011 SC 1290 PARTIES: Petitioner: Ms. Pinki Virani on behalf of Aruna…

Chief Secretary to the Govt., Chennai Tamilnadu & Others v/s Animal Welfare Board & Another DATE OF JUDGMENT: 16 November 2016 COURT: Supreme Court of India JUDGES: Rohinton F.Nariman, Deepak Misra REFERENCE: PARTIES Petitioner: Chief Secretary to the Govt., Chennai…

Animal Welfare Board of India v. A. Nagaraja DATE OF JUDGMENT: 07/05/2014 COURT: Supreme Court of India JUDGES: K.S. Radhakrishnan, Pinaki Chandra Ghose REFERENCE: CIVIL APPEAL NO. 5387 OF 2014 PARTIES Petitioner: Animal Welfare Board of India Respondent: A. Nagaraja…

Ajay Hasia v. Khalid Mujib Citation: 1981 AIR 487 Bench: Chandrachud, Y.V. ((Cj), Bhagwati, P.N., Krishnaiyer, V.R., Fazalali, Syed Murtaza, Koshal, A.D. Issue: Whether the Regional Engineering College of Srinagar is “State” within the meaning of Article 12 of the…

Air India v. Nergesh Meerza & Ors. DATE OF JUDGMENT: 28/08/1981 COURT: Supreme Court of India JUDGES: Justice Fazalali and Justice Syed Murtaza REFERENCE: 1981 AIR 1829 PARTIES Petitioner: Air India. Respondent: Nergesh Meerza & Ors. SUBJECT: The judgment revolves…

ADM Jabalpur v. S.S. Shukla Bench: Chief Justice A.N. Ray, Justice H.R. Khanna, Justice M. Hameedullah Beg, Justice Y.V. Chandrachud and Justice P.N. Bhagwati Appellant: Additional District Magistrate, Jabalpur. Respondent: S.S. Shukla Citation: 1976 AIR 1207, 1976 SCR 172 Issue:…

A.K. Gopalan vs The State of Madras Bench: Kania, Hiralal J. (Cj) Citation: 1950 AIR 27 Facts: Mr. Gopalan was detained by the Madras Government in Madras jail. While in detention the Madras Government served him with Section 3(1) of…

A. K. Roy, Etc v. Union of India Bench: Chandrachud, Y.V. ((Cj), Bhagwati, P.N., Gupta, A.C., Tulzapurkar, V.D., Desai, D.A. Citation: 1982 AIR 710 Facts: Numerous writ petitions were filed which challenged the constitutional validity of the National Security Ordinance,…

Church of God (Full Gospel) In India v. K.K.R. Majestic Colony Welfare DATE OF JUDGMENT:30/08/2000 COURT: Supreme Court of India JUDGES: M B Shah, J., S.N. Phukan, J. REFERENCE: AIR 2000 SC 2773 PARTIES Petitioner: Church of God (Full Gospel)…

SELVI MURUGESHAN V. STATE OF MAHARASHTRA Appellants: Selvi and Ors. Respondent: State of Karnataka Court: High Court Of Karnataka Bench: Justice B.V.Nagarathna & H.T.Narendra Prasad Facts: The Complainant Kavita Murugeshan, wife of Shiv Kumar and daughter of Selvi Murugeshan, lodged…

PEOPLE’S UNION OF CIVIL LIBERTIES V. UNION OF INDIA CITATION: AIR 1997 SC 568 COURT: SUPREME COURT OF INDIA BENCH: K Singh, S S Ahmad FACTS: In 1990, Chandra Shekhar (Eighth Prime Minister of India) publicly put forward an allegation…

A. Periakaruppan v. State of Tamil Nadu DATE OF JUDGMENT: 23/09/1970 COURT: Supreme Court of India JUDGES: K Hegde REFERENCE: 1971 AIR 2303 PARTIES Petitioner: A. Periakaruppan Respondent: State of Tamil Nadu SUBJECT: The petitioner challenged the validity of reservation…

N. Adithayan v. The Travancore Devaswom Board DATE OF JUDGMENT: 3/10/2002 COURT: Supreme Court of India JUDGES: S. Rajendra Babu and Duraiswamy Raju. REFERENCE: Appeal (civil) 6965 of 1996 PARTIES Petitioner: N. Adithayan Respondent: The Travancore Devaswom Board SUBJECT: The…

Mithu v. State of Punjab DATE OF JUDGMENT: 07/04/1983 COURT: Supreme Court of India JUDGES: Chandrachud, Y.D., Fazalali Syed Murtaza, Tulzapurkar V.D., Reddy, O. Chinnappa, Varadarajan A. REFERENCE: 1983 AIR 473 PARTIES Petitioner: Mithu Respondent: State of Punjab SUBJECT: The…

Khoday Distilleries Ltd v. State of Karnataka DATE OF JUDGMENT: 19/10/1994 COURT: Supreme Court of India JUDGES: Venkatachalliah M.N Verma, Jagdish Saran Sawant, P.B. Ramaswamy, K., Jeevan Reddy B.P REFERENCE: 1995 SCC (1) 574 PARTIES Petitioner: Khoday Distilleries Ltd Respondent:…

Jolly George Verghese & Anr vs The Bank Of Cochin Bench: Justice V.R. Krishnaiyer and Justice R.S. Pathak Appellant: Jolly George Verghese & Anr. Respondent: The Bank of Cochin Citation: 1980 AIR 470, 1980 SCR (2) 913 Subject: Can a…

E.P. Royappa v State of Tamil Nadu Bench: Chief Justice A.N. Ray, Justice D.G. Palekar, Justice V.Y. Chandrachud, Justice P.N. Bhagwati and Justice V.R. Krishnaiyer Petitioner: E.P. Royappa Respondent: State of Tamil Nadu and Another Citation: 1974 AIR 555, 1974…

Dhirendra Pandua vs State of Orissa & Ors DATE OF JUDGMENT: 19/09/2008 COURT: Supreme Court of India JUDGES: Justice C.K. Thakker and Justice D.K. Jain REFERENCE: AIR 2009 SC 163 PARTIES Appellant: Dhirendra Pandua Respondent: State of Orissa & Ors…

D.S. Nakara & Others v. Union of India DATE OF JUDGMENT: 17/12/1982 COURT: Supreme Court of India JUDGES: Chandrachud, D.Y. ((Cj), Tulzapurkar, V.D., Desai, D.A., Reddy, O. Chinnappa (J), Islam, Baharul (J) REFERENCE: 1983 AIR 130 PARTIES Petitioner: D.S. Nakara…

Sir Chunilal V. Mehta And Sons, Ltd v. The Century Spinning and Manufacturing Co, Ltd. DATE OF JUDGMENT: 05/03/1962 COURT: Supreme Court of India JUDGES: Sinha, Bhuvneshwar P, Kapur, J.L., Hidayatullah, M., Shah, J.C., Mudholkar, J.R. REFERENCE: 1962 AIR 1314…