Prithviraj Chouhan v. UOI [2020 SCC OnLine SC 159] The Supreme Court deals with the constitutional validity of Section 18A of the SC ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Amendment Act, 2018. Bench – Arun Mishra, Vineet Saran, S. Ravindra Bhat. Facts…
Secretary, Ministry of Defence v. Babita Puniya & Ors. [2020 7 SCC 469] The Supreme Court declared that women\’s permanent commission shall be granted in the navy and army e as per the constitutional provisions in India and Article 14…
Mukesh Kumar & Anr. V. State of Uttarakhand [2020 SCC OnLine SC 148] The court determined that Articles 16 (4) and 16 (4A) are merely enabling provisions and that the right to promotion is subject to the judgement of the…
Anuradha Bhasin v. UOI [2020 SCC OnLine SC 25] Internet services are protected under Article 19 (1) (g) of the Indian Constitution. However, they are also subjected to the provisions of Article 19 (6). Bench – N.V. Ramana, Subhash Reddy…
Indian Young Lawyers Association v. State of Kerala [2019 11 SCC 1] The Supreme Court ruled that discrimination or segregation which refers to the biological characteristics is considered to be constitutionally invalid because it violated women\’s dignity, freedom, and autonomy…
Common Cause v. UOI [AIR 2018 SC 1665] The Supreme Court ruled that the right to die with dignity is a fundamental right and that persisting treatment against a patient\’s desires violates not only the concept of explicit consent, but…
Navtej Singh Johar v. UOI [AIR 2018 SC 4321] It overturned Suresh Kumar Koushal judgement and unanimously repealed Section 377, making same-sex relationships amongst consenting individuals of majority age legal. Bench – Dipak Misra, DY Chandrachud, Rohington Nariman, AM Khanvilkar,…
Joseph Shine v. UOI [AIR 2018 SC 4898] It overturned Suresh Kumar Kaushal judgement and unanimously repealed Section 377, making same-sex relationships amongst consenting individuals of majority age legal. Bench – Dipak Misra, DY Chandrachud, Rohington Nariman, AM Khanvilkar, and…
Shayara Bano v. UOI [AIR 2017 9 SCC 1 (SC)] The practise of Triple Talaq was held as unconstitutional. Bench – Rohinton Nariman, U.U. Lalit, Kurian Joseph, J.S. Khehar and Abdul Nazeer. Facts – Shayara Bano was in a marital…
Justice KS Puttaswamy v. UOI [2017 10 SCC 1] Right to Privacy was declared to be an inalienable and separate fundamental right under Article 21 of the Constitution. Bench – Sanjay Kishan Kaul, J. Chelameswar, S. A. Nazeer, D.Y. Chandrachud,…