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Supreme Court judgments on Constitution of India

326 judgments, latest first, from 2018 to 2026. Listed when the Supreme Court Reports file the judgment's headnote under this Act, as printed at the start of the headnote. Judgments that only mention it in passing are not listed.

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Supreme Court Bar Association vs Ministry of Urban Development & Ors.
SC · 23 March 2023
[2023] 5 S.C.R. 453 : 2023 INSC 278
Constitution of India – Art. 32 – Supreme Court Bar Association sought writ of mandamus directing Union Ministry of Urban Development to (i) grant permission for the conversion into a chamber block for lawyers of an enti…
Union of India & Ors. vs Parashotam Dass
SC · 21 March 2023
[2023] 3 S.C.R. 598 : 2023 INSC 265
Constitution of India – Art. 226 – Service matters relating to members of three-armed forces – Whether the order passed by the Armed Forces Tribunal would be amenable to challenge in the writ jurisdiction under Art. 226…
Orissa Administrative Tribunal Bar Association vs Union of India & Others
SC · 21 March 2023
[2023] 6 S.C.R. 731 : 2023 INSC 271
Constitution of India: Art. 226 – Odisha Administrative Tribunal-OAT – Abolition of, by Notification No. GSR 552(E) dt 2 August 2019 – Constitutional Validity of the Notification – Held: Abolition of OAT is constitutiona…
Maharashtra Rajya Padvidhar Prathamik Shikshak Va Kendra Pramukh Sabha vs Pune Municipal Corporation and Ors.
SC · 17 March 2023
[2023] 2 S.C.R. 981 : 2023 INSC 258
Maharashtra Municipal Corporation Act, 1949 – s.493 r/w Cl. 5 of Appendix (IV) – Services rendered by primary teachers (Respondent nos.5 to 79) while in the service of the Zilla Parishad (ZP), if to be counted towards th…
Afjal Ali Sha @ Abjal Shaukat Sha vs State of West Bengal & Ors.
SC · 17 March 2023
[2023] 2 S.C.R. 1090 : 2023 INSC 257
Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 – ss. 321, 406 – Constitution of India – Art. 139A – Supreme Court Rules, 2013 – Or. 39 – Petitioner-brother of deceased sought transfer of the criminal trial pending in West Bengal to As…
The State of Chattisgarh & Anr. vs Aman Kumar Singh & Ors. etc. etc
SC · 1 March 2023
[2023] 2 S.C.R. 134 : 2023 INSC 189
Constitution of India – Art.226 – Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 – ss.13(1)(b), (2) – FIR registered against one ‘AS’ and his wife ‘YS’ – FIR quashed by High Court – Justification of – Held: In the present case, FIR…
Shah Newaz Khan & Ors. vs State of Nagaland & Ors.
SC · 28 February 2023
[2023] 3 S.C.R. 985 : 2023 INSC 176
Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 – ss.24, 25 – Constitution of India – Arts. 214, 231 – Suit – Transfer of – Appellant-plaintiff moved an application u/s. 24 of CPC before the Gauhati High Court (Common High Court for the s…
State of Punjab vs Principal Secretary to the Governor of Punjab and Another
SC · 28 February 2023
[2023] 6 S.C.R. 532 : 2023 INSC 181
Constitution of India – Art.174 – Governor addressed a communication (dated 13.02.2023) to the Chief Minister (CM) highlighting his concern on certain issues to which the CM had responded through a letter and a ’tweet’ (…
The State of Gujarat & Ors. vs H. B. Kapadia Education Trust & Anr.
SC · 21 February 2023
[2023] 2 S.C.R. 487 : 2023 INSC 147
Constitution of India – Art.30(1) – Right of minorities to establish and administer educational institutions – Respondent no.1a minority institution was running a government aided schoolrespondent no. 2 – Decision of the…
Haji Abdul Gani Khan & Anr. vs Union of India & Ors.
SC · 13 February 2023
[2023] 5 S.C.R. 503 : 2023 INSC 124
Constitution of India – Arts.170 and 239A – Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation Act, 2019 – s.13 – Art. 170 forming part of Chapter III of Part VI of the Constitution under the title “The State Legislature” – Issue of appli…
Common Cause (A Regd. Society) vs Union of India
SC · 24 January 2023
[2023] 1 S.C.R. 1137 : 2023 INSC 77
Constitution of India – Right of the person to die with dignity – Advanced directives – Application seeking clarification of the judgment in Common Cause (A Registered Society) v. Union of India (2018) 5 SCC 1: [2018] 6…
Manubhai Sendhabhai Bharwad & Anr. vs Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Ltd. & Ors.
SC · 20 January 2023
[2023] 1 S.C.R. 1021 : 2023 INSC 61
Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act, 2013 – Land Acquisition Act, 1894 – Constitution of India – Art. 300A – The subject land was under temporary acquisiti…
Kaushal Kishor vs State of Uttar Pradesh & Ors.
SC · 3 January 2023
[2023] 8 S.C.R. 581 : 2023 INSC 4
Constitution of India – Arts. 19(1)(a) and 19(2) – Are the grounds specified in Article 19(2) in relation to which reasonable restrictions on the right to free speech can be imposed by law, exhaustive, or can restriction…
Mohd. Abdullah Azam Khan vs Nawab Kazim Ali Khan
SC · 7 November 2022
[2022] 12 S.C.R. 391 : 2022 INSC 1178
Constitution of India, 1950 – Art.173(b) – Breach of – Qualification for membership of the State Legislature – Age criteria for contesting State Legislative Assembly elections – Discrepancy in date of birth – Burden of p…
Dr. Ntr University of Health Sciences vs Dr. Yerra Trinadh & Others
SC · 4 November 2022
[2022] 10 S.C.R. 77 : 2022 INSC 1172
Constitution of India – Article 226 – Re-evaluation of answer sheets ordered, in absence of such provision in relevant rules – Not justified – Original writ petitioners appeared in post-graduation diploma course conducte…
The State of Manipur & Ors. vs Buyamayum Abdul Hanan @ Anand & Anr.
SC · 19 October 2022
[2022] 15 S.C.R. 760 : 2022 INSC 1117
Constitution of India – Art. 22(5) – Right to make representation – Preventive Detention – Non-supply of legible copies of documents relied upon by detaining authority – Denial of effective representation – Respondent no…
Aishat Shifa vs The State of Karnataka & Ors.
SC · 13 October 2022
[2022] 5 S.C.R. 426 : 2022 INSC 1085
Constitution of India, 1950: Arts.14, 19 (1), 21 and 25 – Right to wear Hijab in Educational Institution – Freedom of Religion – Essential Religious Practice (ERP) – Right to Choice – On 03.02.2022, petitioners, students…
Munikrishna @ Krishna etc. vs State by Ulsoor Ps
SC · 30 September 2022
[2022] 13 S.C.R. 415 : 2022 INSC 1322
Penal Code, 1860 – ss.302, 34 – Constitution of India – Article 20(3) – Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 – s.161 – Evidence Act – ss.25, 27 – Murder of old aged person – Circumstantial Evidence – Appellants were convicte…
Airport Authority of India vs Centre for Aviation Policy, Safety & Research
SC · 30 September 2022
[2022] 13 S.C.R. 451 : 2022 INSC 1047
Constitution of India – Article 226 – Judicial scrutiny of eligibility criteria/tender conditions – Scope and ambit of – Held: Respondent no.1 claiming to be a non-profit organisation carrying out research, advisory and…
Hdfc Bank Ltd. & Ors. vs Union of India & Ors.
SC · 30 September 2022
[2022] 13 S.C.R. 502 : 2022 INSC 1056
Constitution of India – Article 32 – Writ petitions, in effect, challenging earlier judgment of Supreme Court – Maintainability of – Finality of judgment vis-à-vis principle of ex debito justitiae – Right to Information…
X vs The Principal Secretary, Health and Family Welfare Department, Govt. of NCT of Delhi & Anr.
SC · 29 September 2022
[2022] 7 S.C.R. 686 : 2022 INSC 740
Medical Termination of Pregnancy Act 1971(Amended by the Medical Termination of Pregnancy (Amendment) Act,2021) – s. 3(2)(b) – Medical Termination of Pregnancy Rules,2003 (Amended by Medical Termination of Pregnancy (Ame…
The State of Maharashtra and Others vs Greatship (India) Limited
SC · 20 September 2022
[2022] 4 S.C.R. 840 : 2022 INSC 991
Alternate Remedy – Availability of – Constitution of India – Art.226 – Writ petition under, entertainability of – Maharashtra Value Added Tax Act, 2002 – s.23 – Central Sales Tax Act, 1956 – Assessment order passed by th…
Har Naraini Devi & Anr. vs Union of India & Ors.
SC · 20 September 2022
[2022] 15 S.C.R. 500 : 2022 INSC 988
Delhi Land Reforms Act, 1954 – s.50(a) – Hindu Succession Act, 1956 – s.4(2) – Constitution of India – Article 254 – Hindu Succession (Amendment) Act, 2005– General Clauses Act – ss.6(b), 6(c) –Person had three sons, all…
Pharmacy Council of India vs Rajeev College of Pharmacy and Ors.
SC · 15 September 2022
[2022] 12 S.C.R. 61 : 2022 INSC 965
Constitution of India – Article 19(1)(g) – Right to establish an educational institution – Reasonable restrictions imposed thereon by executive instructions – Impermissibility of– Vide Resolution/Communication dtd.17.07.…
Mohammad Latief Magrey vs The Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir & Ors.
SC · 12 September 2022
[2022] 11 S.C.R. 236 : 2022 INSC 947
Constitution of India – Arts. 14, 21, 25, 26 and 136 – Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 – s.176(3) – Exhumation of the dead body – There was an encounter between militants and Police – Four militants were shot including…
Chandigarh Nursing Home and Anr. vs Sukhdeep Kaur
SC · 9 September 2022
[2022] 7 S.C.R. 432 : 2022 INSC 943
Consumer Protection Act, 1986 – s.21(b) – Constitution of India – Article 142 – Respondent, a minor suffered from wrong diagnosis and treatment leading to rashes on her body beyond control – Complaint filed by her throug…
St. Mary’s Education Society & Anr. vs Rajendra Prasad Bhargava & Ors.
SC · 24 August 2022
[2022] 8 S.C.R. 301 : 2022 INSC 856
Constitution of India – Art. 226 – CBSE Affiliation Bye laws 1, 2, 23(xi), 25(xii), 26, 27, 44, 46, 49 and 51 – Writ petition – Maintainability of – Appellant no.1-Society runs a private unaided minority educational inst…
The State of Tripura & Ors. vs Smt. Anjana Bhattacharjee & Ors.
SC · 24 August 2022
[2022] 11 S.C.R. 14 : 2022 INSC 859
Tripura State Civil Services (Revised Pension) Rules, 2009 – rule 3(3) – Constitution of India – Art. 14 – Writ Petition was filed before the High Court challenging the Rule 3(3) of Pension Rules, 2009 – Rule 3(3) provid…
National Highways Authority of India vs Sheetal Jaidev Vade & Ors.
SC · 24 August 2022
[2022] 11 S.C.R. 118 : 2022 INSC 861
Alternative Remedy – Availability of – Constitution of India – Article 226 – Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 – s.34 – Writ petitions u/Article 226 seeking reliefs to execute award passed by Arbitral Tribunal/Court…
Satyajit Kumar & Ors. vs The State of Jharkhand & Ors.
SC · 2 August 2022
[2022] 12 S.C.R. 873 : 2022 INSC 785
Constitution of India – Para 5(1) of Fifth Schedule; Articles 14, 13(2), 15, 16(2), (3), 35(a-i) – Whether in exercise of powers conferred under paragraph 5(1) of the Fifth Schedule to the Constitution, the Governor can…

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