Cooley v. The Board of Wardens of the Port of Philadelphia, 12 Howard (53 U.S.) 299; 13 L. Ed. 996 (1851) Facts—The Board of Wardens of the port of Philadelphia, acting under a statute of the state of Pennsylvania that…
Brown v. Maryland, 12 Wheaton (25 U.S.) 419; 6 L. Ed. 678 (1827) Facts—A Maryland law required all importers of foreign goods to have a li[1]cense issued by the state. The indictment in this case charged Brown with having imported…
Gibbons v. Ogden, 9 Wheaton (22 U.S.) 1; 6 L. Ed. 23 (1824) Facts—The state of New York gave exclusive navigation rights to all water within the jurisdiction of the state of New York to R. R. Livingston and R.…
Salient Features of the Indian Constitution 1. Lengthiest Written Constitution. The Constitution of India is the lengthiest of all the Constitutions of the world. Originally, it contained 395 articles, 22 parts and 8 schedules. Presently, it consists of 450 articles,…
Hartog v. Colin & Shields [1939] 3 All ER 566, King’s Bench Division Case Summary The plaintiff alleged that the defendants had agreed to sell him 30,000 Argentine hare skins and that, in breach of contract, the defendants had failed…
Waller v. Florida 397 U.S. 387 1970 Case Summary Facts : Waller was found guilty of two city ordinance violations in St. Petersburg, Florida: damage of city property and disorderly breach of the peace. The state of Florida later convicted…
Manjunatha v. Government of Karnataka and Ors W.P. 35969/2010, judgment dated 29-09-2011 (Karnataka High Court). Case Summary In this case, the petitioner, who was completely blind sought to apply for the B. Ed. Course under the government quota of seats…
Kritika Purohit and Anr. v. State of Maharashtra and Ors, W.P. 979/2010, Bombay High Court. Case Summary The petitioner was a visually impaired student who sought admission to the course in Bachelor of Physiotherapy but was not permitted to apply…
The National Association for the Deaf v. Union of India, W.P.(C) No.6250/2010, Judgment dated 24.11.2011 (Delhi High Court) Case Summary This was a public interest petition filed by the National Association for the Deaf before the Delhi High Court on…
Lalit and Others v Govt. of NCT and Another, W.P. (C) No. 3444/2008, Judgment dated 7.5.2010 (Delhi High Court). Case Summary This petition was filed by 12 inmates of the hostel attached to Andh Mahavidyalya, New Delhi, an institution for…