R v King (1962), SCR 746, 133 CCC 1 Case Summary Appellant: Her Majesty the Queen Respondent: Grant E. King Year: 1962 Court: Supreme Court of Canada Judges: Taschereau, Locke, Martland, Judson and Ritchie JJ Facts King was charged with impaired…
R v Gould [1968] 2 QB 65 – Case Summary In The Court Of Appeal Criminal Division Judges : Lord Justice Diplock, Mr. Justice Widgery And Mr. Justice Blain Mr. M. Walker appeared on behalf of the Appellant during Argument,…
R v King [1964] 1 QB 285 – Case Summary Court: Court of Criminal Appeal in England Facts The defendant had remarried while his previous marriage was still valid. He was prosecuted for bigamy contrary to section 57 of the Offences…
U. N. R. Rao v. Indira Gandhi [1971 SC] Issue: Is it essential to have a Council of Ministers under Article 74(1) even at a time when the House of the People has been dissolved or its term has expired?…
S.P. Anand v. H.D. Deve Gowda [1997 SC] PETITIONER: S.P. ANAND, INDORE RESPONDENT: H.D. DEVE GOWDA & OTHERS DATE OF JUDGMENT: 06/11/1996 BENCH: CJT, SUJATA V. MANOHAR Issue : Can a person who is not a member of either House…
Pradeep Kumar Biswas v. Indian Institute of Chemical Biology Appeal (civil) 992 of 2002 Bench: Bharucha, S.P. (Cji), Quadri, S.S.M. (J), Lahoti, R.C. (J), Hegde, N.S. (J) Raju, Doraiswamy (J), Pal, Ruma (J) Pasayat, Arijit (J) Facts: In 1972, Sabhajit…
Shankari Prasad v. Union of India, 1952 Issue : Whether the Constitution (First Amendment) Act 1951, which was passed by the provisional Parliament to insert articles 31A and 31B, is ultra vires and unconstitutional? Judgment: “Although “law” must ordinarily include…
Selvi v. State of Karnataka (2010) 7 SCC 263 The legal questions in this batch of criminal appeals relate to the involuntary administration of certain scientific techniques, namely narcoanalysis, polygraph examination and the Brain Electrical Activation Profile (BEAP) test for…
Murli S. Deora v. Union of India [2001 SC] The Fundamental right guaranteed under Article 21 of the Constitution of India, inter alia, provides that none shall be deprived of his life without due process of law. Then – why a non-smoker…
L. Chandra Kumar v. Union of India [1997 SC] Ouster of power of Judicial Review and vesting the same in administrative tribunals to the total exclusion of the High Courts under Article 226 of the Constitution – not permissible. Background…