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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.
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Supreme Court of India1979
(1979) 2 SCC 143
Mathura custodial-rape acquittal that triggered the 1983 criminal-law reforms on consent and burden.
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.
1–20 · Page 1 of 2
Supreme Court of India1979
(1979) 2 SCC 143
Mathura custodial-rape acquittal that triggered the 1983 criminal-law reforms on consent and burden.
Supreme Court of India1979Cited by 1
(1979) 3 SCC 489
Formulated the classic 5-factor test to determine an agency or instrumentality of State: financial assistance, deep state control, monopoly status, public importance of functions, and government department transfer.
Supreme Court of India1979Cited by 1
(1980) 1 SCC 81
Right to a speedy trial and free legal aid are essential, inalienable ingredients of Article 21 for undertrial prisoners languishing in jails.
Supreme Court of India1979
(1980) 2 SCC 593
Writ of Certiorari under Article 226 lies to correct jurisdictional excess, refusal to exercise jurisdiction, or patent errors of law apparent on the face of the record, not to re-weigh evidence.
Supreme Court of India1979
(1979) 4 SCC 260
Service rule requiring women officers to resign on marriage is discriminatory.
Supreme Court of India1978Cited by 4
(1978) 4 SCC 494
Prisoners are not stripped of their fundamental rights; solitary confinement and putting prisoners in bar fetters without judicial sanction violates Article 21.
Supreme Court of India1978Cited by 1
(1978) 2 SCC 424
Right against self-incrimination under Article 20(3) extends to police interrogation under Section 161; accused has the right to remain silent when questions tend to incriminate. | Protection against self-incrimination during police examination applied to Section 180 BNSS.
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 India1978Cited by 1
(1978) 3 SCC 544
Free legal aid and supplied judgment copies for prisoner appeals.
Supreme Court of India1977
(1977) 4 SCC 467
Krishna Iyer J.: Frivolous and vexatious litigations creating an illusion of cause of action by clever drafting must be nipped in the bud at the earliest stage under Order 7 Rule 11.
Supreme Court of India1977
(1977) 4 SCC 308
Krishna Iyer J.: 'The basic rule may perhaps be tersely put as bail, not jail, except where there are circumstances suggestive of fleeing from justice or thwarting course of justice.'
Supreme Court of India1977
(1977) 4 SCC 291
Right to appeal is meaningful; if appellate court cannot hear appeal within reasonable time, sentence of life imprisonment should ordinarily be suspended. | Suspension of sentence pending appeal applied to Section 430 BNSS.
Supreme Court of India1976Cited by 1
(1976) 2 SCC 521
Majority upheld suspension of habeas corpus during Emergency; famously overruled in Puttaswamy (2017).
Supreme Court of India1975
(1975) 1 SCC 421
Statutory corporations such as ONGC, IFC, and LIC created by statutes with statutory rules/regulations having the force of law are 'authorities' and instrumentalities of the State under Article 12.
Supreme Court of India1975
(1976) 1 SCC 496
Principles of civil court jurisdiction in industrial and labor disputes under Section 9; rights created by special statute with special remedy exclude civil court.
Supreme Court of India1975
(1976) 1 SCC 828
Only that precise portion of information which relates distinctly to the fact thereby discovered is admissible under Section 27; extraneous confessional statements excluded.
Supreme Court of India1975
1975 Supp SCC 1
Clause (4) of Article 329A struck down; democracy, rule of law, equality, free and fair elections, and power of judicial review are inviolable components of the Basic Structure.
Supreme Court of India1974Cited by 2
AIR 1974 SC 555
Equality is a dynamic concept with many aspects and cannot be cribbed, cabined, or confined within traditional doctrinaire limits. Arbitrariness is antithetical to equality and violates Article 14.
Supreme Court of India1973
(1973) 2 SCC 705
Foundation of Section 52 lis pendens is public necessity of finality in litigation; alienation pendente lite is not void, but remains subservient to the decree.
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.
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Supreme Court of India1979Cited by 1
(1979) 3 SCC 489
Formulated the classic 5-factor test to determine an agency or instrumentality of State: financial assistance, deep state control, monopoly status, public importance of functions, and government department transfer.
Supreme Court of India1979Cited by 1
(1980) 1 SCC 81
Right to a speedy trial and free legal aid are essential, inalienable ingredients of Article 21 for undertrial prisoners languishing in jails.
Supreme Court of India1979
(1980) 2 SCC 593
Writ of Certiorari under Article 226 lies to correct jurisdictional excess, refusal to exercise jurisdiction, or patent errors of law apparent on the face of the record, not to re-weigh evidence.
Supreme Court of India1979
(1979) 4 SCC 260
Service rule requiring women officers to resign on marriage is discriminatory.
Supreme Court of India1978Cited by 4
(1978) 4 SCC 494
Prisoners are not stripped of their fundamental rights; solitary confinement and putting prisoners in bar fetters without judicial sanction violates Article 21.
Supreme Court of India1978Cited by 1
(1978) 2 SCC 424
Right against self-incrimination under Article 20(3) extends to police interrogation under Section 161; accused has the right to remain silent when questions tend to incriminate. | Protection against self-incrimination during police examination applied to Section 180 BNSS.
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 India1978Cited by 1
(1978) 3 SCC 544
Free legal aid and supplied judgment copies for prisoner appeals.
Supreme Court of India1977
(1977) 4 SCC 467
Krishna Iyer J.: Frivolous and vexatious litigations creating an illusion of cause of action by clever drafting must be nipped in the bud at the earliest stage under Order 7 Rule 11.
Supreme Court of India1977
(1977) 4 SCC 308
Krishna Iyer J.: 'The basic rule may perhaps be tersely put as bail, not jail, except where there are circumstances suggestive of fleeing from justice or thwarting course of justice.'
Supreme Court of India1977
(1977) 4 SCC 291
Right to appeal is meaningful; if appellate court cannot hear appeal within reasonable time, sentence of life imprisonment should ordinarily be suspended. | Suspension of sentence pending appeal applied to Section 430 BNSS.
Supreme Court of India1976Cited by 1
(1976) 2 SCC 521
Majority upheld suspension of habeas corpus during Emergency; famously overruled in Puttaswamy (2017).
Supreme Court of India1975
(1975) 1 SCC 421
Statutory corporations such as ONGC, IFC, and LIC created by statutes with statutory rules/regulations having the force of law are 'authorities' and instrumentalities of the State under Article 12.
Supreme Court of India1975
(1976) 1 SCC 496
Principles of civil court jurisdiction in industrial and labor disputes under Section 9; rights created by special statute with special remedy exclude civil court.
Supreme Court of India1975
(1976) 1 SCC 828
Only that precise portion of information which relates distinctly to the fact thereby discovered is admissible under Section 27; extraneous confessional statements excluded.
Supreme Court of India1975
1975 Supp SCC 1
Clause (4) of Article 329A struck down; democracy, rule of law, equality, free and fair elections, and power of judicial review are inviolable components of the Basic Structure.
Supreme Court of India1974Cited by 2
AIR 1974 SC 555
Equality is a dynamic concept with many aspects and cannot be cribbed, cabined, or confined within traditional doctrinaire limits. Arbitrariness is antithetical to equality and violates Article 14.
Supreme Court of India1973
(1973) 2 SCC 705
Foundation of Section 52 lis pendens is public necessity of finality in litigation; alienation pendente lite is not void, but remains subservient to the decree.
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.
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