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Indian case law by case name, citation, provision or legal issue, with the case summary, the judgment text where we hold it and the provisions it applies.
Supreme Court of Indiaundefined undefined NaNFull text
(2018) 10 SCC 1
Decriminalized consensual adult same-sex relations; constitutional morality prevails over popular morality; individual autonomy and sexual orientation protected under Article 21.
Indian case law by case name, citation, provision or legal issue, with the case summary, the judgment text where we hold it and the provisions it applies.
Supreme Court of Indiaundefined undefined NaNFull text
(2018) 10 SCC 1
Decriminalized consensual adult same-sex relations; constitutional morality prevails over popular morality; individual autonomy and sexual orientation protected under Article 21.
Supreme Court of Indiaundefined undefined NaNFull textCited by 1
(2017) 9 SCC 1
Manifest arbitrariness is an independent constitutional ground to invalidate primary and subordinate legislation under Article 14. Triple Talaq (Talaq-e-biddat) struck down as manifestly arbitrary.
Supreme Court of Indiaundefined undefined NaNFull textCited by 1
(2017) 10 SCC 1
Unanimously affirmed that the right to privacy is a fundamental right emanating from Article 21 and the right to personal liberty, protecting spatial, decisional, and informational privacy.
Supreme Court of India2008Cited by 1
(2008) 6 SCC 1
Upheld 27% OBC reservation in higher education with creamy-layer exclusion.
Supreme Court of Indiaundefined undefined NaNFull textCited by 2
(1997) 6 SCC 241
Gender equality and freedom from sexual harassment at the workplace are guaranteed under Articles 14, 19, and 21; formulated Vishaka Guidelines in the absence of enacted legislation.
Supreme Court of Indiaundefined undefined NaNFull textCited by 1
(1994) 3 SCC 1
Secularism is an essential feature of the Basic Structure of the Constitution; mixing politics with religion is impermissible and justifies imposition of President's Rule under Article 356.
Supreme Court of Indiaundefined undefined NaNFull text
1992 Supp (3) SCC 217
Mandal: reservations capped at 50%, creamy layer excluded, no reservation in promotions (later modified by 77th Amendment).
Supreme Court of Indiaundefined undefined NaNFull textCited by 1
(1980) 3 SCC 625
Limited amending power is itself basic; clauses excluding judicial review of amendments struck down; harmony between Parts III and IV.
Supreme Court of Indiaundefined undefined NaNFull textCited by 2
AIR 1978 SC 597
Article 14 strikes at arbitrariness in State action and ensures fairness and equality of treatment; the principle of reasonableness pervades Article 14 like a brooding omnipresence. | Procedure established by law under Article 21 must be just, fair, and reasonable, not arbitrary or fanciful. Established the Golden Triangle connecting Articles 14, 19, and 21.
Supreme Court of Indiaundefined undefined NaNFull textCited by 2
(1973) 4 SCC 225
Established Basic Structure Doctrine; Parliament has wide power to amend any part of the Constitution under Article 368, but cannot alter, damage, or destroy its Basic Structure.
Supreme Court of India1963
(1963) Supp 1 SCR 439
68% reservation unreasonable; caste relevant but not sole test; origins of the 50% ceiling.
Supreme Court of India1951
(1951) SCR 525
Communal reservation order struck down; led to the First Amendment inserting Article 15(4).
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Supreme Court of Indiaundefined undefined NaNFull textCited by 1
(2017) 9 SCC 1
Manifest arbitrariness is an independent constitutional ground to invalidate primary and subordinate legislation under Article 14. Triple Talaq (Talaq-e-biddat) struck down as manifestly arbitrary.
Supreme Court of Indiaundefined undefined NaNFull textCited by 1
(2017) 10 SCC 1
Unanimously affirmed that the right to privacy is a fundamental right emanating from Article 21 and the right to personal liberty, protecting spatial, decisional, and informational privacy.
Supreme Court of India2008Cited by 1
(2008) 6 SCC 1
Upheld 27% OBC reservation in higher education with creamy-layer exclusion.
Supreme Court of Indiaundefined undefined NaNFull textCited by 2
(1997) 6 SCC 241
Gender equality and freedom from sexual harassment at the workplace are guaranteed under Articles 14, 19, and 21; formulated Vishaka Guidelines in the absence of enacted legislation.
Supreme Court of Indiaundefined undefined NaNFull textCited by 1
(1994) 3 SCC 1
Secularism is an essential feature of the Basic Structure of the Constitution; mixing politics with religion is impermissible and justifies imposition of President's Rule under Article 356.
Supreme Court of Indiaundefined undefined NaNFull text
1992 Supp (3) SCC 217
Mandal: reservations capped at 50%, creamy layer excluded, no reservation in promotions (later modified by 77th Amendment).
Supreme Court of Indiaundefined undefined NaNFull textCited by 1
(1980) 3 SCC 625
Limited amending power is itself basic; clauses excluding judicial review of amendments struck down; harmony between Parts III and IV.
Supreme Court of Indiaundefined undefined NaNFull textCited by 2
AIR 1978 SC 597
Article 14 strikes at arbitrariness in State action and ensures fairness and equality of treatment; the principle of reasonableness pervades Article 14 like a brooding omnipresence. | Procedure established by law under Article 21 must be just, fair, and reasonable, not arbitrary or fanciful. Established the Golden Triangle connecting Articles 14, 19, and 21.
Supreme Court of Indiaundefined undefined NaNFull textCited by 2
(1973) 4 SCC 225
Established Basic Structure Doctrine; Parliament has wide power to amend any part of the Constitution under Article 368, but cannot alter, damage, or destroy its Basic Structure.
Supreme Court of India1963
(1963) Supp 1 SCR 439
68% reservation unreasonable; caste relevant but not sole test; origins of the 50% ceiling.
Supreme Court of India1951
(1951) SCR 525
Communal reservation order struck down; led to the First Amendment inserting Article 15(4).
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