Shreya Singhal v. UOI Bench: Justice Chelameswar, R.F. Nariman Appellant : Shreya Singhal Respondent : UOI Citation : Writ petition (Criminal) No. 167 of 2012 Issue : Constitutionality of Section 66A Facts: A girl posted a Facebook status in Palghar,…
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…