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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 India1969
(1969) 2 SCC 554
Principles of damages for breach of contract: damages must arise naturally or be in reasonable contemplation of parties; damages are compensatory, not punitive.
Supreme Court of India1968
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 India1969
(1969) 2 SCC 554
Principles of damages for breach of contract: damages must arise naturally or be in reasonable contemplation of parties; damages are compensatory, not punitive.
Supreme Court of India1968
AIR 1969 SC 78
Exclusion of jurisdiction of civil courts is not readily to be inferred. Formulated seven principles: requires specific statutory exclusion or necessary implication with effective alternative remedy.
Supreme Court of India1967
AIR 1967 SC 1857
The expression 'other authorities' in Article 12 is wide enough to include all authorities created by the Constitution or statute on whom powers are conferred by law, including bodies carrying out commercial activities.
Supreme Court of India1967
AIR 1967 SC 1098
Negative covenants operating during the term of employment restraining employee from working elsewhere are valid and do not violate Section 27.
Supreme Court of India1967
AIR 1967 SC 1643
Held Parliament could not amend fundamental rights (prospective overruling); later overruled by Kesavananda Bharati.
Supreme Court of India1967
AIR 1968 SC 117
Magistrate cannot direct the police to submit a charge-sheet when a closure report is filed; magistrate may accept report, order further investigation, or take cognizance disagreeing with report.
Supreme Court of India1966
AIR 1967 SC 63
Modesty is an essential attribute of female sex from birth; modesty can be outraged under Section 354 even of an infant girl child or sleeping woman. | Definition and inviolability of female modesty applied to Section 74 BNS.
Supreme Court of India1965
(1965) 1 SCR 933
Seventeenth Amendment upheld; forerunner to Golaknath on amendability of rights.
Supreme Court of India1965
AIR 1966 SC 119
Confession made to a police officer cannot be proved under Section 25; confessional FIR is inadmissible except for non-confessional parts and facts discovered under Section 27.
Supreme Court of India1964
AIR 1965 SC 40
Lifting the corporate veil: company cannot claim fundamental rights of citizens under Article 19; veil lifted only in exceptional statutory cases or fraud.
Supreme Court of India1963
AIR 1965 SC 491
Writ of Quo Warranto lies only when the office in question is a public office of substantive character created by charter, statute, or constitution, and the usurper lacks statutory qualifications.
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 India1963
AIR 1963 SC 1405
Section 74 dispenses with proof of actual loss but does not justify award of compensation when no legal damage or injury was suffered by the promisee.
Supreme Court of India1962
(1962) 3 SCR 842
Newspaper price-page policy struck down as direct infringement of press freedom.
Supreme Court of India1962Cited by 1
AIR 1963 SC 1295
Domiciliary visits by police at night violate personal liberty under Article 21; Subba Rao J. pioneer dissent holding that right to privacy is an essential ingredient of personal liberty.
Supreme Court of India1962
AIR 1962 SC 1314
Locus classicus defining 'substantial question of law': of general public importance, directly and substantially affecting parties' rights, or unsettled by highest court.
Supreme Court of India1961Cited by 1
AIR 1961 SC 1808
Section 27 does not violate Article 20(3); giving handwriting specimens, fingerprints, or physical identification is not 'to be a witness against himself'.
Supreme Court of India1961
AIR 1962 SC 605
Exception 1 to Section 300: Grave and sudden provocation test; reasonable man standard; provocation must not be self-sought and fatal blow must be struck before passions cool down. | Grave and sudden provocation exception principles applied to Section 101 BNS.
Supreme Court of India1961
AIR 1961 SC 1457
Rule of res judicata applies to writ petitions; dismissal of writ petition on merits under Article 226 bars subsequent petition under Article 32 on the same facts.
Supreme Court of India1960
AIR 1960 SC 941
The principle of res judicata is based on the need for finality in litigation; once a matter is final, it cannot be agitated again between two stages of the same litigation.
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AIR 1969 SC 78
Exclusion of jurisdiction of civil courts is not readily to be inferred. Formulated seven principles: requires specific statutory exclusion or necessary implication with effective alternative remedy.
Supreme Court of India1967
AIR 1967 SC 1857
The expression 'other authorities' in Article 12 is wide enough to include all authorities created by the Constitution or statute on whom powers are conferred by law, including bodies carrying out commercial activities.
Supreme Court of India1967
AIR 1967 SC 1098
Negative covenants operating during the term of employment restraining employee from working elsewhere are valid and do not violate Section 27.
Supreme Court of India1967
AIR 1967 SC 1643
Held Parliament could not amend fundamental rights (prospective overruling); later overruled by Kesavananda Bharati.
Supreme Court of India1967
AIR 1968 SC 117
Magistrate cannot direct the police to submit a charge-sheet when a closure report is filed; magistrate may accept report, order further investigation, or take cognizance disagreeing with report.
Supreme Court of India1966
AIR 1967 SC 63
Modesty is an essential attribute of female sex from birth; modesty can be outraged under Section 354 even of an infant girl child or sleeping woman. | Definition and inviolability of female modesty applied to Section 74 BNS.
Supreme Court of India1965
(1965) 1 SCR 933
Seventeenth Amendment upheld; forerunner to Golaknath on amendability of rights.
Supreme Court of India1965
AIR 1966 SC 119
Confession made to a police officer cannot be proved under Section 25; confessional FIR is inadmissible except for non-confessional parts and facts discovered under Section 27.
Supreme Court of India1964
AIR 1965 SC 40
Lifting the corporate veil: company cannot claim fundamental rights of citizens under Article 19; veil lifted only in exceptional statutory cases or fraud.
Supreme Court of India1963
AIR 1965 SC 491
Writ of Quo Warranto lies only when the office in question is a public office of substantive character created by charter, statute, or constitution, and the usurper lacks statutory qualifications.
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 India1963
AIR 1963 SC 1405
Section 74 dispenses with proof of actual loss but does not justify award of compensation when no legal damage or injury was suffered by the promisee.
Supreme Court of India1962
(1962) 3 SCR 842
Newspaper price-page policy struck down as direct infringement of press freedom.
Supreme Court of India1962Cited by 1
AIR 1963 SC 1295
Domiciliary visits by police at night violate personal liberty under Article 21; Subba Rao J. pioneer dissent holding that right to privacy is an essential ingredient of personal liberty.
Supreme Court of India1962
AIR 1962 SC 1314
Locus classicus defining 'substantial question of law': of general public importance, directly and substantially affecting parties' rights, or unsettled by highest court.
Supreme Court of India1961Cited by 1
AIR 1961 SC 1808
Section 27 does not violate Article 20(3); giving handwriting specimens, fingerprints, or physical identification is not 'to be a witness against himself'.
Supreme Court of India1961
AIR 1962 SC 605
Exception 1 to Section 300: Grave and sudden provocation test; reasonable man standard; provocation must not be self-sought and fatal blow must be struck before passions cool down. | Grave and sudden provocation exception principles applied to Section 101 BNS.
Supreme Court of India1961
AIR 1961 SC 1457
Rule of res judicata applies to writ petitions; dismissal of writ petition on merits under Article 226 bars subsequent petition under Article 32 on the same facts.
Supreme Court of India1960
AIR 1960 SC 941
The principle of res judicata is based on the need for finality in litigation; once a matter is final, it cannot be agitated again between two stages of the same litigation.
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