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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 India1959
(1959) SCR 629
Cow-slaughter bans tested against freedom of trade and directive principles.
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 India1959
(1959) SCR 629
Cow-slaughter bans tested against freedom of trade and directive principles.
Supreme Court of India1958
AIR 1958 SC 465
Established the 4-step test for third clause of Section 300 IPC: intention to inflict that particular bodily injury, which injury is objectively sufficient in ordinary course of nature to cause death. | Objective sufficiency of bodily injury test applied to definition of murder under Section 101 BNS.
Supreme Court of India1958Cited by 1
AIR 1958 SC 538
Affirmed twin tests for valid classification under Article 14: (1) intelligible differentia distinguishing persons/things grouped together from others left out, and (2) differentia must have a rational nexus to the statutory object.
Supreme Court of India1957
AIR 1958 SC 22
Cardinal principles of dying declarations; an uncorroborated dying declaration can be the sole basis of conviction if truthful and voluntary.
Supreme Court of India1955
AIR 1955 SC 216
Common intention requires prior concert or meeting of minds; can develop on the spot, but cannot be inferred merely from similar or parallel acts without prior meeting of minds. | Distinction between common intention and similar intention applied under Section 3(5) BNS.
Supreme Court of India1955
AIR 1955 SC 661
Law declared under Article 141 binds all courts in India; however, the Supreme Court is not bound by its own prior decisions and may reconsider/overrule errors to serve the public interest.
Supreme Court of India1954
AIR 1954 SC 44
Section 56 lays down positive law on doctrine of frustration; contract becomes void when performance becomes impossible or impracticable due to untoward supervening event not contemplated by parties.
Supreme Court of India1954
(1954) SCR 1076
Search and seizure of documents is not compelled testimony under Article 20(3).
Supreme Court of India1954
AIR 1955 SC 65
Article 136 confers extraordinary and residual power on Supreme Court to interfere where tribunals violate principles of natural justice or arrive at arbitrary conclusions causing manifest injustice.
Supreme Court of India1954Cited by 2
AIR 1954 SC 282
Formulated the Essential Religious Practices (ERP) doctrine; religion under Article 25 covers not only doctrines of belief but also acts done in pursuance of religion like rituals and observances.
Supreme Court of India1952
AIR 1952 SC 75
Doctrine of reasonable classification established; special courts established without defined standard or rational nexus to objective violate Article 14.
Supreme Court of India1951
(1951) SCR 525
Communal reservation order struck down; led to the First Amendment inserting Article 15(4).
Supreme Court of India1951
(1951) SCR 89
First Amendment upheld; Parliament could amend fundamental rights (later overruled on this point).
Supreme Court of India1951
(1951) SCR 759
Reasonableness of restrictions tested; prohibition of lawful trade unbounded in time and space is unreasonable.
Supreme Court of India1950Cited by 1
AIR 1950 SC 124
Freedom of speech and of the press lies at the foundation of all democratic organizations; public safety cannot be equated with public order unless endangering the very existence of the State.
Supreme Court of India1950
AIR 1950 SC 169
Special leave under Article 136 will not be granted as a matter of course; powers are discretionary and reserved for exceptional circumstances where substantial and grave injustice has been done.
Supreme Court of India1950
AIR 1950 SC 129
Pre-censorship of a journal or publication constitutes prior restraint and directly infringes the freedom of speech and expression guaranteed by Article 19(1)(a).
Supreme Court of India1950Cited by 1
AIR 1950 SC 27
Earliest narrow literalist interpretation of 'procedure established by law' as any state-enacted law without natural justice (later formally overruled by Maneka Gandhi).
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Supreme Court of India1958
AIR 1958 SC 465
Established the 4-step test for third clause of Section 300 IPC: intention to inflict that particular bodily injury, which injury is objectively sufficient in ordinary course of nature to cause death. | Objective sufficiency of bodily injury test applied to definition of murder under Section 101 BNS.
Supreme Court of India1958Cited by 1
AIR 1958 SC 538
Affirmed twin tests for valid classification under Article 14: (1) intelligible differentia distinguishing persons/things grouped together from others left out, and (2) differentia must have a rational nexus to the statutory object.
Supreme Court of India1957
AIR 1958 SC 22
Cardinal principles of dying declarations; an uncorroborated dying declaration can be the sole basis of conviction if truthful and voluntary.
Supreme Court of India1955
AIR 1955 SC 216
Common intention requires prior concert or meeting of minds; can develop on the spot, but cannot be inferred merely from similar or parallel acts without prior meeting of minds. | Distinction between common intention and similar intention applied under Section 3(5) BNS.
Supreme Court of India1955
AIR 1955 SC 661
Law declared under Article 141 binds all courts in India; however, the Supreme Court is not bound by its own prior decisions and may reconsider/overrule errors to serve the public interest.
Supreme Court of India1954
AIR 1954 SC 44
Section 56 lays down positive law on doctrine of frustration; contract becomes void when performance becomes impossible or impracticable due to untoward supervening event not contemplated by parties.
Supreme Court of India1954
(1954) SCR 1076
Search and seizure of documents is not compelled testimony under Article 20(3).
Supreme Court of India1954
AIR 1955 SC 65
Article 136 confers extraordinary and residual power on Supreme Court to interfere where tribunals violate principles of natural justice or arrive at arbitrary conclusions causing manifest injustice.
Supreme Court of India1954Cited by 2
AIR 1954 SC 282
Formulated the Essential Religious Practices (ERP) doctrine; religion under Article 25 covers not only doctrines of belief but also acts done in pursuance of religion like rituals and observances.
Supreme Court of India1952
AIR 1952 SC 75
Doctrine of reasonable classification established; special courts established without defined standard or rational nexus to objective violate Article 14.
Supreme Court of India1951
(1951) SCR 525
Communal reservation order struck down; led to the First Amendment inserting Article 15(4).
Supreme Court of India1951
(1951) SCR 89
First Amendment upheld; Parliament could amend fundamental rights (later overruled on this point).
Supreme Court of India1951
(1951) SCR 759
Reasonableness of restrictions tested; prohibition of lawful trade unbounded in time and space is unreasonable.
Supreme Court of India1950Cited by 1
AIR 1950 SC 124
Freedom of speech and of the press lies at the foundation of all democratic organizations; public safety cannot be equated with public order unless endangering the very existence of the State.
Supreme Court of India1950
AIR 1950 SC 169
Special leave under Article 136 will not be granted as a matter of course; powers are discretionary and reserved for exceptional circumstances where substantial and grave injustice has been done.
Supreme Court of India1950
AIR 1950 SC 129
Pre-censorship of a journal or publication constitutes prior restraint and directly infringes the freedom of speech and expression guaranteed by Article 19(1)(a).
Supreme Court of India1950Cited by 1
AIR 1950 SC 27
Earliest narrow literalist interpretation of 'procedure established by law' as any state-enacted law without natural justice (later formally overruled by Maneka Gandhi).
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