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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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Union of India & Anr. vs Onkar Nath Dhar
SC · 5 August 2021
[2021] 8 S.C.R. 194 : 2021 INSC 382
Constitution of India: Art. 21 – Right to claim government accommodation, if falls under the right to shelter – Held: Right to shelter does not mean right to government accommodation – Government accommodation is meant f…
Jose Antonio Zalba Diez Del Corral alias Jose Antonio Zalba vs The State of West Bengal & Ors.
SC · 28 July 2021
[2021] 6 S.C.R. 767 : 2021 INSC 367
Constitution of India – Art. 32 – Habeas Corpus Petition – For custody of minor children – Maintainability – Petitioner had married respondent no.6 and they have two minor children – Disputes between petitioner and respo…
Ajit Mohan & Ors. vs Legislative Assembly National Capital Territory of Delhi & Ors.
SC · 8 July 2021
[2021] 14 S.C.R. 611 : 2021 INSC 324
Constitution of India – Articles 194, 105 and 19(1)(a), (2) – Online hate speech content – Social media platforms – Accountability of – Parliamentary Privilege/ Privilege of Legislature – In the wake of Delhi riots, Legi…
Dr. Jaishri Laxmanrao Patil vs The Chief Minister & Ors.
SC · 5 May 2021
[2021] 15 S.C.R. 715 : 2021 INSC 284
Reservation – Constitution of India – Arts. 15 and 16 – Constitution (Eighty-first Amendment) Act, 2000 – Socially and educationally backward class (SEBC) – Reservation in favour of backward class citizens – On 16.11.199…
In Re: Distribution of Essential Supplies and Services During Pandemic vs .
SC · 30 April 2021
[2021] 4 S.C.R. 297 : 2021 INSC 280
COVID-19 Pandemic: Suo Motu cognizance of various issues relating to COVID-19 – Unprecedented humanitarian crisis following outbreak of COVID-19 pandamic – Issues as regards distribution of essential supplies and service…
Lok Prahari through Its General Secretary S.N. Shukla Ias (Retd.) vs Union of India & Ors.
SC · 20 April 2021
[2021] 3 S.C.R. 317 : 2021 INSC 261
Constitution of India: Art. 224A – Appointment of retired judges at sittings of High Courts – Pendency of 57 lakhs cases in the High Courts along with consistent ratio of vacancies of almost 40 per cent – Held: Recourse…
M/s Neeharika Infrastructure Pvt. Ltd. vs State of Maharashtra and Others
SC · 13 April 2021
[2021] 4 S.C.R. 1044 : 2021 INSC 253
Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 – s.482 – Constitution of India – Article 226 – Quashing of FIR – Blanket interim orders of stay of investigation and/or “no coercive steps to be adopted” during pendency of quashing proc…
State of Goa & Anr. vs Fouziya Imtiaz Shaikh & Anr.
SC · 12 March 2021
[2021] 2 S.C.R. 770 : 2021 INSC 179
Constitution of India: Art. 243K – Elections to the Panchayats – Law Secretary to Government of Goa appointed as State Election Commission(SEC) – Correctness of – Held: Appointment of Law Secretary to Government of Goa a…
Vikas Kishanrao Gawali vs State of Maharashtra & Ors.
SC · 4 March 2021
[2021] 2 S.C.R. 173 : 2021 INSC 150
Maharashtra Zilla Parishads and Panchayat Samitis Act, 1961 – s.12(2)(c) – Constitution of India – Arts. 14, 16, 243-D and 243-T – Reservation in local self-government – Petitioners sought a declaration that s.12(2)(c) o…
Kapil Agarwal and Others vs Sanjay Sharma and Others
SC · 1 March 2021
[2021] 2 S.C.R. 145 : 2021 INSC 132
Constitution of India: Art. 226 – Writ petition – For quashing FIR u/ss. 420/406 IPC – Pursuant to termination of contract of distributorship of the complainant, the manufacturing company demanded outstanding amount due…
Rachna & Ors. vs Union of India & Anr.
SC · 24 February 2021
[2021] 2 S.C.R. 201 : 2021 INSC 116
Constitution of India – Art. 32 – Writ petition under, by last attemptee of the UPSE exam – Mandamus sought to 1st respondentUnion of India to extend one additional attempt as they are being barred from attempting the ex…
Upendra Choudhury vs Bulandshahar Development Authority & Ors.
SC · 11 February 2021
[2021] 1 S.C.R. 525 : 2021 INSC 77
Constitution of India – Art.32 – Directions sought in respect of a real estate project u/Art.32 – Held: The reliefs sought by the petitioner would involve the Court in an adjudicative process in determining whether (i) a…
Beghar Foundation through Its Secretary and Anr. vs Justice K.S. Puttaswamy (Retd.) and Ors.
SC · 11 January 2021
[2021] 1 S.C.R. 681 : 2021 INSC 14
Constitution of India – Art. 110 – Aadhaar (Targeted Delivery of Financial and Other Subsidies, Benefits and Services) Act, 2016 – A batch of petitions sought review of the decision of a Constitution Bench of the Supreme…
Bhaven Construction through Authorised Signatory Premjibhai K. Shah vs Executive Engineer Sardar Sarovar Narmada Nigam Ltd.& Anr.
SC · 6 January 2021
[2021] 1 S.C.R. 1 : 2021 INSC 9
Constitution of India, 1950 – Arts.226 and 227 – Interference with arbitral process – Scope – Dispute arising out of a contract between appellant and respondent no.1 – Contract had an arbitration clause – Appellant appoi…
The State of Maharashtra & Anr. vs Keshao Vishwanath Sonone & Anr.
SC · 18 December 2020
[2020] 11 S.C.R. 597 : 2020 INSC 715
Constitution of India – Article 342 –Constitution (Scheduled Tribes) Order, 1950 – High Court allowed writ petitions inter alia declaring ‘Gowari’ as ‘Gond Gowari’ a Scheduled Tribes referred to in Entry 18, 1950 Order –…
Pradeep Kumar Sonthalia vs Dhiraj Prasad Sahu @ Dhiraj Sahu & Anr.
SC · 18 December 2020
[2020] 14 S.C.R. 480 : 2020 INSC 710
Constitution of India – Arts.191, 193, 190, 188 and 80(4) – Biennial elections for two seats in the Council of States from the State of Jharkhand – Appellant and two others filed nominations – An elected member of the As…
The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India & Ors. vs Shaji Poulose & Ors.
SC · 9 December 2020
[2020] 9 S.C.R. 851 : 2020 INSC 691
Transfer Petition – Constitution of India – Art. 139-A(1) – Supreme Court Rules, 2013 – Or. XL, Rule 1 – In the writ petitions, which are sought to be transferred, writ petitioners have challenged validity of chapter-VI…
Arnab Manoranjan Goswami vs The State of Maharashtra & Ors.
SC · 27 November 2020
[2020] 11 S.C.R. 896 : 2020 INSC 665
Constitution of India – Arts. 226 and 227 – Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 – s.482 and s.439 – Penal Code, 1860 – s.306 and s. 34 – The appellant was arrested on 04.11.2020 in connection with FIR registered u/s. 306 an…
Shanti Devi alias Shanti Mishra vs Union of India & Ors.
SC · 5 November 2020
[2020] 12 S.C.R. 279 : 2020 INSC 632
Constitution of India – Art. 226 – Code of Civil Procedure – s. 20 – Coal Mines Provident Fund and Miscellaneous Provisions Act, 1948 – Family Coal Mines Pension Scheme, 1998 – Territorial jurisdiction – The Government n…
Satyama Dubey & Ors. vs Union of India & Ors.
SC · 27 October 2020
[2020] 9 S.C.R. 517 : 2020 INSC 612
Constitution of India: Art. 32 – Writ Petition – Seeking fair investigation in a case of brutal gangrape and murder in the State of Uttar Pradesh – Petitioners alleged that cremation of the victim was illegal – The State…
Amit Sahni vs Commissioner of Police & Ors.
SC · 7 October 2020
[2020] 12 S.C.R. 151 : 2020 INSC 579
Constitution of India – Arts.19(1)(a), (b) – Right to protest, subject to reasonable restrictions – Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019 – Protests in different parts of the country – Kalindi KunjShaheen Bagh stretch, inclu…
Gujarat Mazdoor Sabha & Anr. vs The State of Gujarat
SC · 1 October 2020
[2020] 13 S.C.R. 886 : 2020 INSC 572
Factories Act, 1948 – ss.5, 51, 54, 55 and 56 – Constitution of India – Arts. 352, 355 and 356 – A trade union with a state-wide presence and another with a national presence u/Art.32 of the Constitution challenged the v…
R. Poornima and Ors. vs Union of India and Ors.
SC · 4 September 2020
[2020] 8 S.C.R. 89 : 2020 INSC 534
Constitution of India – Art. 217(2) – Explanation (a) and (aa) u/Art. 217(2) – The petitioners as well as the respondent nos. 24 to 29 were duly selected and appointed as District Judges by way of direct recruitment in t…
The State of Punjab & Ors. vs Davinder Singh & Ors.
SC · 27 August 2020
[2020] 10 S.C.R. 857 : 2020 INSC 512
Constitution of India – Arts. 14, 15, 16, 338, 341, 342 and 342A – Punjab Scheduled Castes and Backward Classes (Reservation in Services) Act, 2006 – s. 4(5) – Sub-classification within a socially and educationally backw…
Janhit Abhiyan vs Union of India & Ors.
SC · 5 August 2020
[2020] 7 S.C.R. 158 : 2020 INSC 475
Constitution of India: Art. 143 r/w. Order XXXVIII of Supreme Court Rules, 2013 – Writ Petition – Challenging Constitution (One Hundred and Third Amendment) Act, 2019 – Whereby Arts. 15 and 16 were amended by inserting C…
Pyare Lal vs State of Haryana
SC · 17 July 2020
[2020] 6 S.C.R. 249 : 2020 INSC 457
Constitution of India: Art. 161 – Remission of sentence under – On the basis of policy framed by the executive – Relevant material not placed before the Governor and benefit in each of the cases was conferred by the exec…
Sri Marthanda Varma (D) Thr. Lrs. & Anr. vs State of Kerala & Ors.
SC · 13 July 2020
[2020] 9 S.C.R. 974 : 2020 INSC 451
Travancore-Cochin Hindu Religious Institutions Act, 1950 – Chapter III of Part-I, Sections 18 to 23 – Constitution of India – Arts. 363 and 366 (22) – Sree Padmanabhaswamy Temple – Shebaitship or the managership of the t…
Reepak Kansal vs Secretary General, & Ors.
SC · 6 July 2020
[2020] 4 S.C.R. 459 : 2020 INSC 449
Constitution of India – Art. 32 – The petitioner, an advocate, filed a writ petition during the pandemic of Covid-19 against the various officers of the Registry of the Supreme Court and Union of India seeking direction…
Arnab Ranjan Goswami vs Union of India and Ors.
SC · 19 May 2020
[2020] 8 S.C.R. 222 : 2020 INSC 400
Constitution of India: Arts. 19(1)(a), 19(2) and 32 – Writ Petition – Seeking quashing of various FIRs filed under the provisions of ss. 153, 153A, 153B, 295A, 298, 500, 504 and 506 IPC against a media journalist – Held:…
Assistant Commissioner (Ct) Ltu Kakinada & Ors. vs M/s. Glaxo Smith Kline Consumer Health Care Limited
SC · 6 May 2020
[2020] 4 S.C.R. 602 : 2020 INSC 390
Constitution of India: Art. 226 – Jurisdiction under – Scope of – Assessment under Andhra Pradesh Value Added Tax Act, 2005 – Appeal against assessment order filed beyond limitation period with application for condonatio…

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