DK BASU V. STATE OF WEST BENGAL NAME DK BASU V. STATE OF WEST BENGAL CITATION (1997) 1 SCC 416: 1997 SCC (Cri) 92 DATE OF JUDGEMENT December 18, 1996 COURT Hon’ble Supreme Court of India CASE TYPE Writ Petition (CRL) No. 592 of 1987 PETITIONER D.K.Basu RESPONDENT Union of Read more
K. Puttaswamy v. Union of India, 2017 Case Name: K.S. Puttaswamy (Privacy-9J.) v. Union of India Equivalent citation: (2017) 10 SCC 1 Date of judgement: 24 August, 2017 Court: Supreme Court of India Case no.: Writ Petition (Civil) No 494 of 2012 Case type: Writ Petition (Civil) Petitioner: K. Puttaswamy Read more
Naresh Shridhar Mirajkar Vs State of Maharashtra (1966 SCR (3) 744) Case name Naresh Shridhar Mirajkar Vs State of Maharashtra Citation 1966 SCR (3) 744 Court Supreme Court Case type Writ petition Nos. 5 and 7 to 9 of 1965 Petitioner Naresh Shridhar Mirajkar and others Respondent State of Maharashtra Read more
This article is written by Sarwar Nagpal of 2nd semester of ILS LAW COLLEGE, PUNE. Abstract: Contempt of court is a legal concept rooted in Ancient legal system. With time it evolved and its objective became to protect the dignity and integrity of judiciary. It came into Indian context from Read more
INDIRA NEHRU GANDHI V/S RAJ NARAIN & ANR (1975) 2 SCC 159 Citation (1975) 2 SCC 159 Date of Judgment 7TH November 1975 Court Supreme Court of India Case Type Civil Appeal No. 887 of 1975 Petitioner Indira Nehru Gandhi Respondent Raj Narain & anr. Bench A.N. Ray (CJ) & Read more
INDIRA SAWHNEY V/S UNION OF INDIA Citation: AIR 1993 SC 477 Date of Judgment: 16th November 1992 Court: Supreme Court of India Case Type: Public Interest Litigation Appellant Indira Sawhney Respondent: Union of India Bench: M.H. Kania, M.N. Venkatachaliah, S. Ratnavel Pandian, Dr. T.K. Thommen, A.M. Ahmadi, Kuldip Singh, Read more
M.NAGARAJ v. UOI (2006) 8 SCC 212 Case Name M Nagaraj & Others vs Union Of India, 2006 Equivalent Citations 2006 8 SCC 212; writ petition (civil) 61 of 2002 Date of Judgement 19 October 2006 Court Supreme Court of India Case Number Writ Petition (Civil) 61 of 2002 Case Read more
BIJOE EMMANUEL V. STATE OF KERELA AND ORS (A.I.R 1987 SC 748) OVERVIEW OF THE CASE Case Name Bijoe Emmanuel V. State of Kerala and Ors Equivalent Citations A.I.R 1987 SC 748,1986 SCR (3) 518 Date of Judgement August 11, 1986 Court The Supreme Court of India Petitioner Bijoe Emmanuel Respondent State Read more
FACTS OF THE CASE Various legal advisors and specialists documented writ petitions in different high courts in 1981. Each appeal had a similar issue. Every one of the petitions scrutinized an administration request with respect to the exchange of two adjudicators and their non-arrangement. The primary request was documented in Read more
RAJBALA v. STATE OF HARYANA (2015) INTRODUCTION “It is only education which gives a human being the power to discriminate between qualifications that is not irrelevant for better administration of the panchayats.” The Supreme Court on December 10 2015, rendered people desirous of contesting elections ineligible on the basis of Read more
