lexis legis

A.  Judgements of Supreme Court if India  - of Constitutional Importance :

 

 

K.M. Nanavati Vs State of Maharashtra 1960

 

Golaknath Vs State of Punjab 1967

 

Kesavananda Bharati Vs State of Kerala - AIR 1973 SC 1461

 

Indira Gandhi Vs Raj Narain  1975

 

A.D.M. Jabalpur Vs S. Shukla 1976 : Supreme Court declared the right to move court under Articles 14, 21 and 22 would remain suspended during the Emergency.

 

Maneka Gandhi Vs Union of India 1978

 

Minerva Mills Vs Union of India 1980

 

Kehar Singh Vs Delhi Administration 1984

 

Shah Bano Case 1985

elated to the issue of Muslim personal law, caused a furore as the court awarded Shah Bano a maintenance allowance after divorce

 

Indira Sawhney Vs Union of India 1992

The Supreme Court upheld the implementation of recommendations made by the Mandal Commission. It also defined the "creamy layer" criteria and reiterated that the quota could not exceed 50 per cent.

 

R. Rajagopal Vs State of Tamil Nadu 1994

right to privacy subsisted even if a matter became one of public record. The right to be let alone is part of personal liberty.

 

S.R. Bommai Vs Union of India 1994

laid down the guidelines in proving a majority under Article 356

 

Sarla Mudgal Vs Union of India (1995)3 SCC 635

a second marriage solemnised while the first existed was a punishable offence, though it did not become null and void.

 

Ministry of I&B Vs Cricket Association of Bengal 1995

 

Vishaka Vs State of Rajasthan :   AIR 1997 SC 3011

Supreme Court has laid down exhaustive guidelines  to prevent sexual harrassment of working women in places of work.

 

Samatha Vs State of AP 1997 :

The Supreme Court said government land, tribal land, and forest land in scheduled areas could not be leased to non-tribals or private companies for mining or industrial operations. Such activity can only be done by tribal people or by a government undertaking.

 

Olga Tellis Vs. Bombay Municipal Corporation (pavement dwellers case)  AIR 1986 SC 180

 - right to life under Article 21 includes right to livelihood also.

 

Union Carbide Corporation Vs. Union of India  (1991) 4 SCC 584

 - power of Court  to wirthdraw and transfer cases for the purpose of speedy effecting of settlement.

 

Sunil Batra vs. Delhi government  :

In this case Supreme Court reinterpreted the writ of Habeas corpus as not only producing a person in the court but also preventing a person jailed from the inhuman treatment in the prison

 

Tamil Nadu Vs Suhas Katti 2004
The first case involving conviction under the Information Technology Act, 2000, related to the posting of obscene messages on the Internet

 

Om Prakash Vs Dil Bahar 2006 :

In a severe deterrent to incidents of rape, the Supreme Court held that a rape accused could be convicted on the sole evidence of the victim, even if medical evidence did not prove rape.