Kesavananda Bharati v. State of Kerala [AIR 1973 SC 1461] Parliament cannot amend Articles enshrining Fundamental Rights as well as Concept of Basic Structure of the Constitution. Bench – S.M. Sikri, A.K. Mukherjea, A.N. Grover, H.R. Khanna, A.N. Ray, K.K.…
Golaknath v. State of Punjab [1967 AIR 1643] Parliament cannot make legislative amendments in contravention of Fundamental Rights as well as cannot amend Articles enshrining Fundamental Rights. Bench – K. Subba Rao, V. Ramaswami, K. Wanchoo, CA Vaidyalingam, M. Hidayatullah,…
AK Gopalan v. State of Madras [AIR 1950 SC 27] Case Summary Bench – Hiralal Kania, Saiyid Fazl Ali, M. P. Shastri, Meher Chand Mahajan, B. K. Mukherjee, S.R. Das. Facts – In this case, the petitioner had been detained…
Cooley v. The Board of Wardens of the Port of Philadelphia, 12 Howard (53 U.S.) 299; 13 L. Ed. 996 (1851) Facts—The Board of Wardens of the port of Philadelphia, acting under a statute of the state of Pennsylvania that…
Brown v. Maryland, 12 Wheaton (25 U.S.) 419; 6 L. Ed. 678 (1827) Facts—A Maryland law required all importers of foreign goods to have a li[1]cense issued by the state. The indictment in this case charged Brown with having imported…
Gibbons v. Ogden, 9 Wheaton (22 U.S.) 1; 6 L. Ed. 23 (1824) Facts—The state of New York gave exclusive navigation rights to all water within the jurisdiction of the state of New York to R. R. Livingston and R.…
Hartog v. Colin & Shields [1939] 3 All ER 566, King’s Bench Division Case Summary The plaintiff alleged that the defendants had agreed to sell him 30,000 Argentine hare skins and that, in breach of contract, the defendants had failed…
Waller v. Florida 397 U.S. 387 1970 Case Summary Facts : Waller was found guilty of two city ordinance violations in St. Petersburg, Florida: damage of city property and disorderly breach of the peace. The state of Florida later convicted…
Manjunatha v. Government of Karnataka and Ors W.P. 35969/2010, judgment dated 29-09-2011 (Karnataka High Court). Case Summary In this case, the petitioner, who was completely blind sought to apply for the B. Ed. Course under the government quota of seats…
Kritika Purohit and Anr. v. State of Maharashtra and Ors, W.P. 979/2010, Bombay High Court. Case Summary The petitioner was a visually impaired student who sought admission to the course in Bachelor of Physiotherapy but was not permitted to apply…