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Article 14 (equality)
P samba murthi v. st of ap (article 371 as unconstitutional)
Admjabalpur v. sivakanthsukla (there is no locus standi under section 16 of MISA,
44th amendment is void)
Exceptions Equal protection
Sanjeev manufacturing co. v. Bharath cooking (when article 31(1) come in art 14
goes out)
Application of article 14
Basanarao v. land equisation officer (if a relief is given to a person in a case by
mistake, same cant be given in another case)
Legal authority of india v. UOI (hizras are apart from binary gender)
Ramakrishna dalja v. justice Tendulkar (def of class, even a single can be class
himself)
Classifaction(classes)
E. p. rayyapa v. st of tn (equality is dynamic concept)
Manake Gandhi v. UOI (arbitrariness is against art 14)
Ramana d setti v. international airport authority (IAA act, so state)
Joshi v. madya Bharath (foreign residents don’t need to pay)
Madlewlimaye v. superindent of tihar jail delhi (all prisnors are equal)
D. s. nakarav. Uoi (pension rules, differ by day of retirement)
East India tobacco company v. st of ap (impose more tax on virginia tobacco, than
country tobacco)
Western theater case (tax based on location of theater)
K. t. mupilnair v. st of KL (land tax, rs2 for accur, not a good law)
Babulal v. collector of customs (sea customs act, section 178(a))
Ajith bhasha v. uoi (every university is a class by itself, can make special provisions)
P. v. Sastry v.UOI (use of Indian airforce aircraft by president is valid)
Air india v. nardik (rule 46, 47 of air india service rule book, retirement of airhostess
by 35, not valid)
Navajyothico operativegropu housing society v. uoi (registration cooperative under
head, in particular order, that changed suddenly, that is not valid)
FCI v. kamadenu cattle field india (called for tender, then after changed, that is valid)
Madras wine merchant v. st of T.n (valid condition)
A. k. krappakv.UOI (judge should not be biased)
Central water board v. brozonath (permeant employ, can be terminated, before
3mohts notice not valid)
Delhi road transport authority v. its work man (same as above, 1 month)
Article 15 (no discrimination)
Indrasahani v. uoi (reservation for SC, ST must be max of 50%)
A parakkapan v. St of Tn (if court gives reservation in one case it doesn’t mean it was
given in all cases)
St of ap v. U. s. v. balaram (backward class means not just backward caste, it is
socially and educationally backward)
K. s. jaisree v. st of kl (if income is more than 10k then there is no reservation)
St of up v. Pradeep tendam (people of rural area, Uttarakhand, hilly areas, sc held 1 st
one is invalid and 2 and 3 can get reservations)
Guntur medical clg v. mohanrao (a person who is sc turns into Christian for the seat,
this was challenged, SC held in favour of the boy)
Drneelima v. dean ap agricultural university (reddy married SC, claimed reservation,
not allowed)
Viswanath v. st of tn (can person of AP claim reservation of ST in TN, court held no)
Preethi sagar v. st of mp (it is based on merit not on quota when it comes to medical
and engineering seats)
Article 15(5)
St of mp v. nivedithajain (total relaxation of min qualifying marks is not against this
article)
PMA poi v. st of kt (
Islamic academic v. st of kt (held that the state can fix quota for admission to these
educational institutions but it cant fix fee and also admissions can be done on the
basis of common admission test and on basis of merit)
P. A. Inamdar v. st of mh (above decision overruled, quota for education in private
educational institutions, however minor educational institutions were excepted)
Article 17 (untouchability)
St of kt v. appubaluingale (untouchability is a punishable offence)
Peoples union of democratic rights v. uoi (asiac games case, protection of labour,
labour are covered under this)
Article 18 (abolishes of titles)
Balaji raghavam v. UOI (academic distictions, military services are excepted)
Article 19 (freedom)
Article 19(1)(a) (of speech and expression)
Ramesh thaper v. st of tn (cross roads magazine banned, freedom of speech includes
freedom of press, expreesion, publish, comment, etc)
R. c. copper v. uoi (a law which violates the personal liberty of a individual will be
covered under article 21 19 and 14)
Bennat coalman v. uoi (restricting no of pages on newspaper is restriction to
freedom of speech and expression, restricts space for ads)
Ranjith Kumar udeshi v. st of Bombay (lady charter book banned)
LIC v. manubhaishan (consumer education and research, if raced on LIC policy
holders a shocking story, lines were published by a person, held he should not do like
that)
Prabhudutt v. UOI (tihar jail interview rejected, challenged, held in favour of
prabhudatt)
Indian express newspapers v. UOI (buildings case, working journalist case, taxation
case)
Communist party of India v Bharath Kumar and others (national anthem case, singing
such songs is an offence according to their religion, and court allowed them)
Pucl v. UOI (telephone tapping case, u/s 5 of Indian telegraphic act, 1855, during the
public emergency and only by home secretary, this was allowed during public
emergency and with permission of authorities)
Secretary general SCI v. subhashchadra Agarwal (the details of assets of sc judges
cannot be given)
R. rajgopal v. st of tn (auto sankar biography, jail didn’t allow to publish, challenged,
held in favor of rajgopal)
K. abbas v. UOI (flim censorship is valid, tale of 4 cities certified ‘a’ according to
cinematography act, 1952)
Article 19(1)(b) (of peaceful assembly)
Dassappa v. deputy adal commission of police (u/s 144 crpc, a magistrate can give
orders for curfew, challenged, held valid)
Article 19(1)(c) (form association)
Bamayathi v. uoi (hindusahityasandlam act, 1962, original members, govt members,
govt take control, original challenged, held govt work is nt valid)
Ok. N. nair v. uoi (servants cant form associations)
Delhi police non karmachar v. UOI (recognition of a union is not FR)
Article 19(1)(d) (of movement)
N. b. kheu v. st of delhi (east Punjab safety, 1949)
Ajay khannu v. UOI (498(a) of ap MV act helmet is compulsory, challenged, held
valid)
St of UP v. Kausalya (prostitute living in a house in city, magistrate asked her to live
in the outskirts, challenged, held valid)
Rajnish kappor v. uoi (helmet again challenged)
Article 19(1)(e) (reside and settle)
St of up v. Kausalya (same as above)
Imbrahim wazir v. st of Bombay (Indian came back to india, stopped by Bombay
airport from entering, as he missed some documents, challenged ,sc allowed him to
India)
St of mp v. Bharath singh (section 3 which authorizes govt to ask a person to movie
from one place, party challenged this, sc held in favor of party)
Article 19(1)(g) (of profession and business)
Eficell warehousing v. uoi (co. of export garmets, decided to close as they cant pay
wages, govt asked them to continue, this was challenged, held in favour of company)
P. a. Inamdar v. st of mh (educational institution for charity or income being a
occupation is guarented under this article, it should be without mal administration)
Dr. chuhani v. bar council of mh and gao (be a doctor or lawyer, not both)
Sukumar mukarji v. st of wb (sec 9 of wbst health service acr, 1980 challenged,held
valid)
MRE ltd v. st of kl (kl industrial establishment act, 1990, 4 paid holidays were added,
industries challedged the same, held in favor of govt of KL)
Manohar lal v. st of pb (pb trade employment act, 1940, 1day holiday in a week, a
shop owner opened on the day of holiday, challenged, held in favor of state)
Article 20
Article 20(1) (expost facto laws)
Fareed luba v, nilambaram (non payment of panchayat tax is not an offence on the
day if full due, the defendant convicted under another law which was subsequently
passed)
Mohan lal v. st of rj (ganga 10kgs, crime committed on 13 thnov, ndps came on
14thnov, still liable)
Kedarnath v. st of wb (crime committed in 1947, where he is given imprisonment,
where in 1949 amendment fine was included, sc held he is not liable for fine)
T baras v. ah hoe (16thaug 1975, life imprisonment, 1st April 1976, 3years, he claimed
for lesser imprisonment, sc allowed)
Rathanlal v. st of pb (boy of 16yrs, convicted for outraging the modesty of a women
of 6yrs, 6months imprisonment, probation of offenders act, decreased punishment)
Artice 20(2) (double jeopardy)
Venkataraman v. uoi (enquiry, job of individual terminated as a result, again he was
trailed under POCA, he challenged the same, sc held he can be trailed)
Mabul Hussain v. st of Bombay (gold caught in Bombay airport and charged with
FERA, later tried for sea customs act, this was challenged, sc held it is valid)
A. a. mulla v. st of mh (panchanama it was mentioned that 99 gold and other 9 gold
were taken by officers, they are prosecuted under IPC, FERA, sea customs act, POCA,
held the prosecution is correct)
Karla veera Raghava rao v. gorrantlavenkateswarao (u/s 138 of NI acttrail conducted
an held liable, later u/s 420 of IPC, double jeopardy allowed)
Subhasingh v. davindarkaur (u/s 304 of IPC for death of deceased doesn’t deprive
the wife of the deceased to claim compensation, a decree of damage is not a
punishment and double jeopardy)
Article 32
Habeaus corpus
Kanusanjay v. district magistrate darjiling (presence of person at the time of trail is it
necessary, sc held not necessary)
Shula berse v. st of mh (any one can go for this writ petition)
Devi v. UOI (post card can be considered as writ petition)
Madhu baa v. narendra Kumar (can be given to a private individual)
Mandamus
Uma kanth v. st of bh (jr promoted where sr didn’t, challenged, held invalid)
M. p. v. mandora (govt servants asked for DA, govt rejected, challenged, held In
favor of govt)
Prahatus industries v. its working man (mandamus was issued against and award of
arbitration to comply with the public duties)
St of mp v. dailal (mandamus can be is issued to quash an illegal assessment of tax
and for refund of money)
Quo warrento
Bema raju v. st of ap (requirement of 7 yrs experience, a person goes with 5 yrs
experience, court quashed the job)
SreeKumar Padma prasad v. uoi (secretary govt of assam acting as a judge of HC of
assam in his absence, this was challenged, sc removed him from the post)
Rajehsawasti v, nandlaljaswal (the real test is to wheather the person holding the
office is authorized to hold the same as per law, any one can claim the writ)
R. k. nakulasena v rishin (no writ of quo warranto can be issued against council of
ministers as it lost the majority in the lower house. Under article 164 the choice of
selection of CM is within the ambit of the governor)
G. d. karkare v, shawanday (issued against advocate general, he is not eligible basing
on certain norms, some how he managed, and then he dismissed from the property)
Certiorari and prohibition
Menaka Gandhi v. uoi (passport case)
A.k .kraipak v. uoi(a rule which was made by govt must be following the principals of
natural justice, if it is not, it is void and it can be challenged by the writs)
Harivishnu v. syedahmed (ignoring certain election rules, which the tribunal is
supposed to follow, resulted declared by that tribunal is invalid)
Amald v. rana (lack of jurisdiction, 3 members committee is competent authority not
2 member committee)
News papers ltd v. st industries tribunal (civil court had no jurisdiction on industrial
matters, only industrial tribunal)
Pratap singh v. st of pb (preparatory leave, leave before retirement, by taking
permission from govt, while he was on leave that was concealed, and a enquiry filed
and his job terminated. This is because he went against the CM of pb, termination
order quashed by SC)
Locus standi
Spgupta v. uoi (judges transfer case, it is interest of independent judiciary)
Mural devara v. uoi (smoking in public places, pil)
Madhu murthimarkha v. uoi (bonded labour)
Veena sathe v, st of bh (a letter addressed by journalists to releted prisoners who are
unnecessarily detained, unsound prisoners, and sound at some times, they cant be
kept detained for more time)
D. c. wahba v. st of bh (governor misused a ordinance, that was studied by a political
scientist and he submitted the same to SC, sc held governor Is liable)
Judicial actvisim
Murli s. deora v. uoi (smoking banned in public places, this was challenged, held it is
correct)
Sunibhatra v. delhi administration (protection of prisoners’ rights)
Hasinaratakur v. uoi (speedy trail is a FR under 21)
D. c. wahbah v. st of bh (compensation under article 32)
rudulshah v. st of bh (35k compensation for unnecessary detention)
Sebastian m. hunger v. UOI (2 villagers taken by military jawans for enquiry and they
2 missed, writ filed, but found they are dead, military jawans held liable)
People union for democratic rights v. DCP, delhi (labor for cleaning police station,
not given wage, he claimed, they put him in prison and bet, he stayed back in
hosipatal for 3 days, and filed a writ, granted 75k)
Bheemsingh v. st of JK (mla, 50k)
Saheli v. DCP (boy of 10yeard killed for OA, police came to their house and
misbehaved with his mother and he shouted at them, they killed him, 75k
compensation given and they become jobless)
Neelamathi bare v. st of or (21yrs old taken to PS for enquiry of theft, next day found
dead, 1,05,000 as compensation)
Chala Ramakrishna reddy v. st of ap (prisoner killed by his inmates, sc held police are
liable for compensation)
Judicial restraint
Madhava raosindhiya v. UOI (privy purse case, 26th amendment)
DPSP 36-51
Unni Krishna v. st of ap (right to education for 14yrs children, given status as FR)
Md alikureshi v. st of gj (cow slaughtering is banned, muslim filed a case, as it
infringes his FR, sc held in favor st of gj)
Social and economic charter
Sandeep manufactures case (
Ranbir singh v. uoi (equal pay for equal work)
St of harayana v. rajpaulsingh (aided school teacher also entitled for equal salaries
on par with govt teacher)
Social security charter
Unni Krishna v. st of ap (ri8 to education is a FR)
Mhhoskot v. st of mh (free legal aid is FR)
St of mh v. manu bhai prikajivashi (aid to law clg)
Community welfare charter
Sarlamudgal v. UOI (fresh look on article 44, uniform civil system)
Pragathivargis v. syrigeogevargis (section 10 of divorce act was struck down)
Noor sabakhatoon v. mhdquasim (125of crpc, muslim wife children whould get
maintenance until the children get their majority)
Daniel lathif v. UOI (maintainance for children)
Difference between article FR and DPSP
St of madras v, champakamdorairajan (hindus, muslims, Christians, reservation for
seat in medical an engineering colleges)
In re education bill (article 143, to what extent govt can restrict on educational
institution)
Khesavananda Bharathi v. st of kl (42nd amendment, basic structure of consti)
Mhdanifkhureshi v.st of bh (slaughtering of cows on bakrid was not an offence)
Unni Krishnan v. st of AP (ri8 to education)
St of Bombay v. F.n. balsara (Bombay prohibition acr was upheld this by taking
advance of art 47)
bijay cotton mills v. st of ajmir (minimum wages act, 1948 upheld as minimum wages
is should be like living wages, under art 43)
Sanjeev coal manufacturing co. ltd. V. Bharath cooking coal (art 31(c) covers all
DPSP)
St of t.n v. abukavur bhai (nationalization of transportation, tn act talking about this
is valid)
St of gj v. sirjamothikureshijamathkas (Bombay prevention of animals act, gj act of
1994, slautering of cows is wrg, challenged, held correct)
Mohini jain v. st of kt (compulsory education for children under 14yrs)
Husinarakatur v. st of bh (speedy trail is a FR, DPSP turn into FR)
M.h. haskot v. st of mh (ri8 to appeal, a person not given the copy of judgement
early so that he cant go for appeal, later sc held that was not correct in part of jail
authorirties)
Girhkalyankendra workers union v. UOI (equal pay for equal work, DPSP turns into
FR)
Taj agriculture university v. rodhodlabour (relaxation of eligibility criteria for labour
working more than 1oyrs)