Ranjit Kumar Rajak v. State Bank of India (2009) 5 Bom CR 227 Case Summary The Petitioner in this case underwent a renal transplant in 2004. Subsequently, he applied to the post of a probationary officer in the State Bank…
Suchita Srivastava v. Chandigarh Administration, 2009 (9) SCC 1 Case Summary This case was with regard to the reproductive rights of a woman with mental retardation residing at a government run welfare institution in Chandigarh who became pregnant due to…
Zurcher v. Stanford Daily, 436 U.S. 547, 1978 The “Third Party” Search Newspaper Case Case Summary Facts : The Stanford Daily published a special edition with articles and images on a violent clash between police and protestors at the university…
Maher, Commissioner of Social Services v. Roe ; 432 U.S. 464 1977 CASE SUMMARY FACTS : Under the Connecticut statute, for a patient to have an abortion in the first three months of pregnancy (first trimester) paid for with public…
Syed Bashir-ud-Din Qadri v. Nazir Ahmed Shah SLP(C)Nos.10669-70 of 2008 decided on 10 March 2010. Case Summary In this case, the Appellant was a B.Sc. graduate with cerebral palsy who had applied for a job as a ‘Rehbar-e-Taleem’ or ‘Teaching…
Deaf Employees Welfare Association v Union of India Civil Petition 107 of 2011, decided on December 12, 2013. Case Summary This petition was filed seeking a Writ of Mandamus directing the Central and state governments to grant equal transport allowance…
Question – Write a short note on Preamble to the Constitution of India. [BJS 2000; BJS 2006, MPJS 2012] Answer : The Preamble to an Act sets out the main objectives with the legislation it is intended to achieve. It is a…
Dipo v. Wassan Singh (1983) 3 SCC 376 : AIR 1983 SC 846 O. CHINNAPPA REDDY, J. – Smt Dipo, plaintiff in Suit No. 8 of 1962 in the court of the Subordinate Judge 1st Class, Amritsar is the appellant…
Muhammad Husain Khan v. Babu Kishva Nandan SahaiAIR 1937 PC 233 SIR SHADI LAL – This is an appeal from a decree of the High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, dated 23rd January 1933 which reversed a decree of the…
State of Bihar v. Laloo Prasad (2002) 9 SCC 626 K.T. THOMAS and S.N. VARIAVA, JJ. – 2. A witness was sought to be treated as hostile by a Public Prosecutor on the ground that he gave answers in favour…