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Supreme Court judgments on Article 21, Constitution of India

45 judgments, latest first, from 2018 to 2026. Listed when the Supreme Court Reports file the judgment's headnote under Article 21 of this Act, as printed at the start of the headnote. Judgments that only mention it in passing are not listed.

Keshvendra Singh vs Shankar Singh and Anr.
SC · 17 August 2026
[2026] 9 S.C.R. 209 : 2026 INSC 866
Whether the High Court was justified in directing that Session Trial No.934 of 2023, then pending in the Court of Additional District and Sessions Judge/Special Judge, was to be kept in abeyance and in further directing…
Maniyar Iliyaz @ Shaik Riyaz & Anr. vs P. Ayyappan & Ors.
SC · 19 June 2026
[2026] 7 S.C.R. 175 : 2026 INSC 647
Whether the right to walk is a Fundamental Right; whether the High Court erred in reducing the compensation awarded by the Motor Accident Claims Tribunal.
Save Mon Region Federation & Anr. vs The State of Arunachal Pradesh & Ors.
SC · 6 April 2026
[2026] 5 S.C.R. 1 : 2026 INSC 320
The principal issue that arises for consideration is whether the allegations and the prima facie material relating to the award and execution of public works contracts, including the asserted pattern of repeated departur…
Rachana Gangu & Anr. vs Union of India & Ors.
SC · 10 March 2026
[2026] 3 S.C.R. 393 : 2026 INSC 218
Whether the absence of a uniform policy governing compensation in cases of death or injury following administration of COVID-19 vaccination results in violation of right to life protected under the Constitution; if yes,…
Sujata Bora vs Coal India Limited & Ors.
SC · 13 January 2026
[2026] 1 S.C.R. 590 : 2026 INSC 53
Whether the appellant was wrongly denied employment, despite having qualified for the interview, and declared unfit on the ground that she had multiple disability but had applied as a visually handicapped candidate (sinc…
Gulfisha Fatima vs State (Govt. of NCT of Delhi)
SC · 5 January 2026
[2026] 1 S.C.R. 609 : 2026 INSC 2
Matter pertains to grant of bail to accused-appellants in relation to arrests made pursuant to Delhi Riots, 2020, considering the prolonged incarceration, and the constitutional plea u/Art.21 of the Constitution.
Mission Accessibility vs Union of India & Ors.
SC · 3 December 2025
[2025] 12 S.C.R. 443 : 2025 INSC 1376
In the instant petition, the petitioner sought for the modification of the timeline for scribe registration in the Civil Services Examination conducted by Union Public Service Commission and for permitting the use of lap…
M.S. Patter vs State of NCT of Delhi and Others
SC · 12 September 2025
[2025] 9 S.C.R. 895 : 2025 INSC 1115
Reforms in Beggars’ Homes.
Anna Waman Bhalerao vs State of Maharashtra
SC · 12 September 2025
[2025] 9 S.C.R. 982 : 2025 INSC 1114
Whether the High Court was justified in rejecting the anticipatory bail applications of the appellants; issue of inordinate delay by Courts in deciding the bail and anticipatory bail applications.
Sukhdev Yadav @ Pehalwan vs State of (NCT of Delhi) & Others
SC · 29 July 2025
[2025] 7 S.C.R. 2012 : 2025 INSC 969
Whether, an accused/convict who has completed his “life imprisonment for a fixed term” such as twenty years of actual sentence without remission, as in the instant case, is entitled to be released from prison on completi…
Sukdeb Saha vs The State of Andhra Pradesh & Ors.
SC · 25 July 2025
[2025] 7 S.C.R. 1543 : 2025 INSC 893
Issue of growing crisis of student suicides in educational institutions; need for a preventive, remedial, and supportive framework for mental health protection and prevention of suicides by students; whether in the facts…
Khursheed Ahmad Chohan vs Union of Territory of Jammu and Kashmir and Ors. Etc.
SC · 21 July 2025
[2025] 7 S.C.R. 1295 : 2025 INSC 876
Issue arose as to whether the facts and circumstances disclosed in the complaint, supported by compelling medical evidence of grievous injuries, including complete genital mutilation, mandatorily required registration of…
L. Muruganantham vs State of Tamil Nadu & Others
SC · 15 July 2025
[2025] 7 S.C.R. 935 : 2025 INSC 844
(A) Whether the order of the High Court enhancing compensation to Rs.5,00,000/- for the alleged violations committed against the appellant, while dismissing the complaint against respondent no.3, and partly allowing the…
Vibhor Garg vs Neha
SC · 14 July 2025
[2025] 7 S.C.R. 611 : 2025 INSC 829
Issue arose whether the conversation between spouses secretly recorded by one of them could be permitted to be made admissible in evidence; whether in light of the Evidence Act and the Family Courts Act, 1984, a conversa…
Amlesh Kumar vs The State of Bihar
SC · 9 June 2025
[2025] 7 S.C.R. 394 : 2025 INSC 810
Whether in the attending facts and circumstances, the High Court could have accepted a submission of the Sub-Divisional Police Officer, to conduct narco-analysis test of all the accused persons (including the appellant)…
K. Umadevi vs Government of Tamil Nadu & Ors.
SC · 23 May 2025
[2025] 5 S.C.R. 2704 : 2025 INSC 781
The Division Bench of the High Court held that appellant was not entitled to the benefit of maternity leave.
Wikimedia Foundation Inc. vs ANI Media Private Limited & Ors.
SC · 9 May 2025
[2025] 5 S.C.R. 1911 : 2025 INSC 656
Issue arose with respect to the legality and propriety of the directions issued by the Division Bench of the High Court to the appellant to take down/delete the pages and discussion with regard to the observations made b…
Pavul Yesu Dhasan vs The Registrar, State Human Rights Commission of Tamil Nadu & Ors.
SC · 30 April 2025
[2025] 4 S.C.R. 2549 : 2025 INSC 677
Matter pertains to the violation of human rights on refusal to register FIR by the Inspector of Police as also using of objectionable language while talking to complainant’s mother; and correctness of order of the State…
Zulfiquar Haider & Anr. vs State of Uttar Pradesh & Ors.
SC · 1 April 2025
[2025] 5 S.C.R. 205 : 2025 INSC 480
Whether the demolition of the appellants’ residential premises/buildings by the Prayagraj Development Authority (PDA) purportedly done under Section 27 of the Uttar Pradesh Urban Planning and Development Act, 1973 was il…
Radhika Agarwal vs Union of India and Others
SC · 27 February 2025
[2025] 2 S.C.R. 1331 : 2025 INSC 272
Challenge to the constitutional validity and the right of the authorized officers to arrest under the Customs Act, 1962 and the Central Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 (GST Act).
Tapas Kumar Palit vs State of Chhattisgarh
SC · 14 February 2025
[2025] 2 S.C.R. 630 : 2025 INSC 222
Appellant in judicial custody for 5 years, no certainty as regards the time likely to take in conclusion of the trial. Whether the appellant is entitled to bail.
Jay Kishan and Ors. vs The State of Uttar Pradesh and Ors.
SC · 12 February 2025
[2025] 3 S.C.R. 65 : 2025 INSC 198
Whether the High Court was justified in dismissing the writ petition filed by the appellants for quashing the FIR under Sections 2 and 3 of the Uttar Pradesh Gangsters & Anti-Social Activities (Prevention) Act, 1986. FIR…
Narcotic Control Bureau vs Lakhwinder Singh
SC · 29 January 2025
[2025] 1 S.C.R. 1581 : 2025 INSC 190
Matter pertains to the correctness of the order passed by the High Court granting relief of suspension of sentence and bail to the respondent/accused pending an appeal against his conviction, under the 1985 Act.
Directorate of Enforcement vs Subhash Sharma
SC · 21 January 2025
[2025] 1 S.C.R. 1409 : 2025 INSC 141
Whether the High Court was justified in holding that the respondent's arrest was illegal and thus, granting him bail for an offence under Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002.
Rajeeb Kalita vs Union of India & Ors.
SC · 15 January 2025
[2025] 2 S.C.R. 27 : 2025 INSC 75
Writ petition filed seeking issuance of Writ directing the States and Union Territories to ensure basic toilet facilities in Courts/Tribunals in the country for all including, persons with disabilities and transgender pe…
Athar Parwez vs Union of India
SC · 17 December 2024
[2024] 12 S.C.R. 1093 : 2024 INSC 995
Appellant alleged to be an active member of the Popular Front of India (PFI) involved in planning to cause disturbance during the proposed visit of Prime Minister of India to Patna in 2022. Chargesheet filed against the…
Suhas Chakma vs Union of India & Ors.
SC · 23 October 2024
[2024] 10 S.C.R. 1769 : 2024 INSC 813
Access to free and timely legal aid for prison inmates.
Sukanya Shantha vs Union of India & Ors.
SC · 3 October 2024
[2024] 10 S.C.R. 493 : 2024 INSC 753
Matter pertains to caste-based discrimination in the prisons in the country.
Girish Gandhi vs The State of Uttar Pradesh & Ors.
SC · 22 August 2024
[2024] 8 S.C.R. 561 : 2024 INSC 617
Multiple cases were filed against the petitioner. Though he was granted bail in all of them, he was not able to furnish multiple sureties. Is the petitioner entitled to the relief of treating the personal bond and one se…
Peoples Rights and Social Research Centre (Prasar) & Ors. vs Union of India & Ors.
SC · 6 August 2024
[2024] 8 S.C.R. 99 : 2024 INSC 582
Matter pertains to the issue of Silicosis among workers in various industries across the country.

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