Important Judgments

► State of Punjab & Ors. v. Jagjit Singh & Ors. - 26/10/2016 (SC)
     [Temporary Employees also entitled to get 'Equal Pay for Equal Work']
► Narendra v. K. Meena - 06/10/2016 (SC)
     [Forcing the husband by the wife to separate from the aged parents is a ground for divorce]
► The University of Oxford & Ors  v. Rameshwari Photocopy Services - 16/09/2016 (Delhi-HC)
     [Photocopying for students does not infringe Copy Rights]
► Kedar Nath Yadav v. State of Bengal and Ors - 31/08/2016 (SC)
     [Quashed Singur Tata plant land acquisition, ordered to return the lands within 12 weeks]
► Muthuramalingam & Ors  v. State represented by Inspector of Police  - 19/07/2016 (SC)
     [Life sentences awarded in a single trial cannot be directed to run consecutively]
► The Kerala Bar Hotels Assn and Anr v. State of Kerala and Ors - 29/12/2015 (SC)
     [Judgment on Kerala Abkari Policy 2014-15 & amendments of Foreign Liquor Rules] 
► Supreme Court Advocates-on-Record Assn and Anr v. Union of India  -16/10/2015 (SC)
     [The Constitution (Ninety ninth Amendment) Act 2014 & National Judicial Appointments Commission Act 2014 are unconstitutional and void]
► P Satyanarayana Murthy v. The District Inspector of Police & Anr - 14/09/2015 (SC)
     [Recovery of bribe money is not enough to convict a Government Official)
► Justice KS Puttaswamy (Retd) & Anr.  v. Union of India & Ors.  - 11/08/2015 (SC)
     [Aadhaar Card not mandatory for availing Government benefits] 
► Common Cause v. Union of India - 13/05/2015 (SC)
     [SC bans leader's photos in Government ads, except President, PM & CJI]
► K Ambazhagan v. State of Karnataka & Ors. - 27/04/2015 (SC)   
     [Section 24(1) of CrPC - Appointment of Public Prosecutors in the High Courts is different than that in the District Courts]
► Shreya Singhal v. Union of India - 24/03/2015 (SC)
     [Struck down Section 66A of the Information Technology Act and Section 118(d) of the Kerala Police Act, being violative of Article 19(1)(a)]
► Radhey Shyam & Anr. v. Chhabi Nath & Ors. - 26/02/2015 (SC)   
     [Judicial Orders of  Civil Courts are not amenable to a writ of Certiorari under Article 226]
► KP Manu v. Chairman, Scrutining Committee - 26/02/2015 (SC)
     [Christian of Dalit origin will be Dalit if he embraces Hinduism]
► Ajay Kumar Choudhary v. Union of India - 16/02/2015 (SC)   
     [Suspension Order should not extend beyond 90 days, if charge sheet is not served]
► Vidhya Viswanathan v. Kartik Balakrishnan  - 22/09/2014 (SC)   
     [Not allowing to have sexual intercourse by the partner for a long time without sufficient reason - Mental cruelty to the partner - Ground for divorce]
► State of Maharashtra  v.  Vikram Anantrai Doshi  -  19/09/2014 (SC)   
     [Financial Fraud - a social wrong - quashing the proceedings - legally not permissible]
► Ripusudan Dayal  v.  State of Madhya Pradesh  -  25/02/2014 (SC)   
     [Privileges of Legislative Members do not extend outside the Houses]
► Shatrughan Chauhan  v. Union of India  -  21/01/2014 (SC)      
     [Commutation of death sentence to life imprisonment]
► State of Gujarat   v.  Kishanbhai   -  07/01/2014 (SC)     
     [Investigating or prosecuting officials are responsible for their deliberate lapses resulted in acquittal of the accused]
► Suresh Kumar Koushal  v.  NAZ Foundation  -  11/12/2013 (SC)   
     [Constitutional validity of Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code]
► Lalitha Kumari v. State of U.P  - 12/11/2013 (SC)      
     [Registration of FIR]
► TSR Subramanian  v.  Union of India  -  31/10/2013 (SC)     
     [Civil Service]
► Dr. Kunal Saha case  -  24/10/2013   (SC)   
     [Rs 5.96 crore compensation for medical negligence]
► People's Union for Civil Liberties  v.  Union of India  -  27/09/2013 (SC)   
     [None of the Above "NOTA" provision in the Election]
► Kesavananda Bharathi   v.  State of Kerala  -  (1973) 4 SCC 225