Important Supreme Court Judgments

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Important Supreme Court Judgments summarized by DLA

Recent Supreme Court Landmark Judgments:

CONSTITUTIONAL VALIDITY OF 103rd AMENDMENT 

ABORTION CASE JUDGMENT

HIJAB CASE JUDGMENT

RHEA CHAKRABORTY   V.    STATE OF BIHAR

THE    TRIPLE   TALAQ   JUDGMENT

THE     SABARIMALA   TEMPLE    ENTRY  JUDGMENT

THE     AYODHYA JUDGMENT

THE    TRANSGENDER   JUDGMENT

THE    AADHAR    JUDGMENT

Case Laws on Constitutional Law

Ashok Kumar Thakur      v.         Union of India [2008 SC]

Common  Cause     v.      Union  of  India [2018 SC]

D.C. Wadhwa    v.   State of Bihar [1987  SC]

D. K. Basu     v.      State of W. B.       [1996  SC]

Golaknath      v.     State of Punjab [1967 SC]

Indra   Sawhney   v. Union of India   [1992 SC]

In Re  Special  Reference  No.  1  of  1998  [1998 SC]

In Re: Sri Justice C.S. Karnan [2017 SC]

Jarnail Singh v. Lachhmi Narain Gupta  [2018 SC]

K.S. Puttaswamy     v.    Union of India [2017 SC]

Kesavananda Bharati         v.        State of Kerala        [1973  SC]

L. Chandra Kumar      v.          Union of India        [1997  SC]

M. Nagraj  v.  Union of India   [2006 SC]

Maneka  Gandhi     v.     Union of India     [1978  SC]

Murli  S.  Deora   v.    Union of India    [2001  SC]

Pradeep Kumar Biswas    v.  Indian Institute of Chemical Biology [2002 SC]

S.P. Anand   v.   H.D. Deve Gowda [1997 SC]

S. R. Bommai   v.       Union of India     [1994   SC]

Selvi    v.   State of Karnataka [2010 SC]

Shankari Prasad     v.    Union of India [1951 SC]

Shayara Bano      v.       Union of India [2017 SC]

State of Rajasthan    v.   G. Chawla [1959 SC]

Supreme Court Advocates-on-Record -Association v. Union of India [2015 SC]

U. N. R. Rao   v.   Indira Gandhi    [1971 SC]  

Case Laws on Indian Penal Code

Abhayanand   Mishra     v.     State  of  Bihar    [1962 SC]

Akhil  Kishore  Ram       v.        Emperor     [1938 Pat]

Asgarali  Pradhania        v.       Emperor      [1933 Cal]

Basdev        v.          State of Pepsu      [1956 SC]

Bhagwan Dass   v.    State (NCT of Delhi)     [2011 SC]

Bharwada Bhoginbhai Hirijibhai     v.    State of Gujarat    [SC]

Bhupinder   Sharma     v.      State  of  Himachal  Pradesh    [2003 SC]

Bhupinder Singh    v.     U.T. of Chandigarh   [2008 SC]

Chandra  Bihari  Gautam      v.      State  of  Bihar      [2002 SC]

Cherubin Gregory         v.         State of Bihar     [1964  SC]

Deo Narain       v.      State of U.P.            [1973 SC]

Dhupa Chamar         v.         State Of Bihar        [2002  SC]

Ghapoo   Yadav      v.         State  of   M.P.         [2003  SC]

Gudar Dusadh       v.      State of Bihar    [1972 SC]

Gyarsibai       v.      The State     [1953 M.B.]

House of Lords on marital rape in R. v. R. [All ER 481]

Independent Thought     v.    Union of India   [2017 SC]

In   Re   Thavamani        [1943 Mad]

Jadunandan Singh       v.     Emperor      [1941 Pat]

Jai Prakash        v.        State (Delhi Administration)        [1991  SC]

Jayanti Rani Panda     v.   State of West Bengal [1984]

Joseph Shine v.  Union of India [2018 SC]

K. M.  Nanavati      v.      State   of   Maharashtra     [1962 SC]

Kapur Singh         v.          State of PEPSU          [1956 SC]

Kedar Nath Singh           v.       State Of Bihar    [SC 1962]

Kishan     v.     State of M.P.     [1974 SC]

Mahabir Choudhary      v.    State of Bihar     [1996 SC]

Mahadeo Prasad      v.     State of West Bengal  [1954 SC]

Mahesh Balmiki      v.       State of M.P.         [2000  SC]

Maina Singh        v.         State of Rajasthan       [1976 SC]

Mizaji        v.         State of U.P.         [1959 SC]

Mohammed Aynuddin     v.    State of Andhra Pradesh   [2000  SC]

Om  Parkash      v.      State  of  Punjab       [1961 SC]

Palani  Goundan         v.         Emperor         [1919 Mad]

Pandurang         v.         State of Hyderabad          [1955  SC]

Priya Patel      v.      State of Madhya Pradesh   [2006  SC]

Pyare Lal Bhargava      v.       State of Rajasthan  [1963 SC]

Ram Badan Sharma        v.          State of Bihar        [2006  SC]

Rambaran  Mahton       v.       The  State        [1958 Pat]

Rawalpenta Venkalu      v.      State of Hyderabad     [1956 SC]

S.N. Hussain          v.           State of A.P.           [1972 SC]

Sakshi           v.       Union of India    [2004  SC]

Sarla Mudgal  v.  Union of India   [1995  SC]

Satvir Singh       v.        State of Punjab     [2001  SC]

Shanti          v.          State of Haryana       [1991  SC]

Subramanian   Swamy   v.  Union   of   India   [2016  SC]

Suresh        v.          State of U.P.      [2001 SC]

State of Maharashtra    v.    Chandraprakash Kewalchand Jain [1990 SC]

State  of  A.P.      v.     Rayavarapu  Punnayya      [1977 SC]

State  of  Haryana       v.       Raja  Ram       [1973 SC]

State of Punjab      v.      Gurmit Singh     [1996  SC]

Thakorlal  D. Vadgama    v.    State  of  Gujarat     [1973 SC]

Tukaram     v.       State of Maharashtra   [1979 SC]

Uday   v.   State of Karnataka   [2003  SC]

Varadarajan       v.        State of Madras      [1965 SC]

Virsa Singh         v.         State of Punjab      [1958 SC]

Case Laws on Civil Procedure Code

Gundaji   Satwaji   Shinde      v.      Ramchandra   Bhikaji  Joshi [1979 SC]

Jambu  Rao  Satappa    v.    Neminath Appayya     [1968 SC]

Indian Bank        v.          Maharashtra State Co-Op. Marketing Federation  [1998 SC]

State   of   U.P.         v.        Nawab   Hussain          [1977   SC]

Devilal Modi    v.   Sales Tax Officer Ratlam     [1965   SC]

Gulab Chand Chhotalal Parikh   v.   State of Bombay     [1964  SC]

Iftikhar Ahmed        v.            Syed Meharban Ali          [1974  SC]

Narasimha  Rao       v.       Y.  Venkata  Lakshmi [1991  SC]

P.M. Sevamandir         v.         A.M. Kutty Hassan [2009 SC]

Chunilal V. Mehta & Sons     v.       Century Spn. & Mfg. Co. Ltd.      [1962 SC]

Koppi Setty          v.           Ratnam Pamarti Venka         [2007  SC]

Mahant Ram Das       v.        Ganga Das       [1961 SC]

Gill  &  Co.   v.   Bimla   Kumari   Jolly [1986 Del]

Jai Jai Ram Manohar Lal      v.      National Bldg. Material Supply [1969 SC]

K. Narayana Pillai v. Parameswaran Pillai [2000 SC]

Dalip  Kaur      v.      Major   Singh     [1996   P & H]

Saleem Bhai     v.     State of Maharashtra[2003 SC]

Bhanu Kumar Jain      v.       Archana Kumar  [2005 SC]

Mechalec Engrs. & Manufacturers    v.    Basic Equipment Corn.    [1977 SC]

Rajni Kumar      v.     Suresh Kumar Malhotra [2003 SC]

Dalpat Kaur       v.       Prahlad Singh [1993 SC]

Gill  &  Co.          v.            Bimla   Kumari   Jolly        [1986 Del]

Haridas Das    v.    Smt. Usha Rani Banik      [2006 SC]

Salem  Advocates  Bar Assn.   v.       Union of India[2003 SC]

Case Laws on Indian Evidence Act

Mirza Akbar     v.     Emperor     [1940 PC]

Badri Rai       v.       State of Bihar    [1958 SC]

 R.     v.     Blake     [QB]

Central   Bureau   of   Investigation    v.    V.C. Shukla         [1998 SC]

Sardul Singh     v.     State of Bombay    [1957 SC]

Bhagwan Swarup     v.     State of Maharashtra     [1965  SC]

Jayantibhai   Bhenkarbhai     v.     State   of   Gujarat      [2002 SC]

Bishwanath Prasad     v.      Dwarka Prasad     [1974 SC]

Central   Bureau   of   Investigation   v.   V.C. Shukla         [1998 SC]

Veera Ibrahim     v.      State of Maharashtra    [1976 SC]

Aghnoo Nagesia      v.     State of Bihar                 [1966 SC]

Pulukuri    Kottaya      v.       Emperor        [1947 PC]

Bodhraj      v.      State  of  J.  &  K.        [2002  SC]

Khushal Rao      v.      State of Bombay      [1958 SC]

Sudhakar     v.     State   of    Maharashtra     [2000  SC]

Patel   Hiralal   Joitaram   v.   State   of   Gujarat     [2002  SC]

Laxman       v.        State   of   Maharashtra        [2002 SC]

Ram   Narain    v.      State   of   U.P.           [1973  SC]

M Siddiq      v.        Mahant Suresh Das      [2019  SC]

Nandlal Wasudeo Badwaik     v.      Lata Nandlal Badwaik   [2014  SC]

Goutam Kundu    v.    State of West Bengal    [1993 SC]

R.S. Maddanappa      v.      Chandramma       [1965  SC]

Sanatan Gauda      v.      Berhampur University    [1990 SC]

M.C. Verghese     v.      T.J. Poonan   [1969  SC]

Bhuboni Sahu      v.      The King      [1949 PC]

Haroon Haji Abdulla      v.      State of Maharashtra     [1968 SC]

State of Bihar                  v.              Laloo Prasad            [2002 SC]

Case Laws on Criminal Procedure Code

Dilip K. Basu v. State of West Bengal [1997 SC]

Rajesh Sharma     v     State of Uttar Pradesh    [ July 2017]

Arnesh         V.        State   Of   Bihar     [2014]

Dr.  Subhash  Kashinath  Mahajan    v.    State  of  Maharashtra [2018 SC]

State   of    Haryana        v.        Dinesh Kumar        [2008 SC]

Rajathi              V.          C. Ganesan           [SC  1999]

Chanmuniya                v.              Virendra Kushwaha                  [SC  2010]

Lalita  Kumari             v.        Govt.  of   U.P.        [12 November 2013  SC]

CBI         v.             Tapan Kumar Singh [SC   2003]

State  of  Orissa     v.    Sharat  Chandra  Sahu    [1996 SC]

Madhu  Bala      v.      Suresh  Kumar       [1997  SC]

Joginder  Kumar     v.      State  of  U.P.      [1994  SC]

Arnesh         V.        State   Of   Bihar       [SC  2014]

 Dr.  Subhash  Kashinath  Mahajan    v.    State  of  Maharashtra [2018]

Moti Ram      v.     State of M.P.     [1978 SC]

State      v.     Captain Jagjit Singh         [1962 SC]

Gurbaksh Singh Sibbia      v.      State of Punjab      [1980 SC]

Gurcharan Singh           v.       State (Delhi Admn.)             [1978 SC]

State (Delhi Administration)     v.     Sanjay Gandhi     [1978 SC]

State   Of   Haryana     V.     Ch.  Bhajan  Lal [1990]

Krishnan           v.            Krishnaveni            [SC   1997]

Case Laws on Indian Contract Act

Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain   v.   Boots Cash Chemists    [1952]

Harvey    v.      Facey    [1893] 

Felthouse    v.    Bindley   [1862]

Lalman Shukla           v.         Gauri Datt          [1913  All]

Rajendra Kumar Verma      v.     State of Madhya Pradesh     [1972 MP]

Bhagwandas Goverdhandas Kedia     v.    Girdharilal Parshottamdas   [1966 SC]

Haridwar Singh        v.        Bagun Sumbrui         [1973 SC]

Mohori Bibee             v.          Dhurmodas Ghose          [1903 PC]

Raghunath Prasad       v.       Sarju Prasad        [1923 I.A.]

Subhas Chandra    v.    Ganga Prasad   [1967 SC]

Satyabrata Ghose     v.     Mugneeram Bangur & Co.    [1954 SC]

Hadley          v.         Baxendale         [1843-60]

K. A. S. Jamal       v.      Moolla Dawood, Sons and Company     [1915 PC]

Karsandas H. Thacker      v.      M/S. Saran Engineering Co.      [1965 SC]

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