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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.

Sheikh Javed Iqbal @ Ashfaq Ansari @ Javed Ansari vs State of Uttar Pradesh
SC · 18 July 2024
[2024] 7 S.C.R. 1054 : 2024 INSC 534
High Court whether justified in denying bail to the appellant, an under-trial prisoner prosecuted under Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act 1967 and Penal Code, 1860 who had been in custody for more than nine years.
Frank Vitus vs Narcotics Control Bureau & Ors.
SC · 8 July 2024
[2024] 7 S.C.R. 97 : 2024 INSC 479
The appellant was ordered to be enlarged on bail subject to various terms and conditions incorporated in the said order. The petitioner is aggrieved by the two conditions imposed while granting bail. The two conditions a…
Sunita Devi vs The State of Bihar & Anr.
SC · 17 May 2024
[2024] 5 S.C.R. 629 : 2024 INSC 448
Need for a comprehensive sentencing policy. Trial against the accused under Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012 was conducted by the judicial officer in utmost haste and the accused was denied due oppor…
Noble M. Paikada vs Union of India
SC · 21 March 2024
[2024] 3 S.C.R. 1249 : 2024 INSC 241
Item 6 in the impugned notification which granted exemption from requirement of prior Environmental Clearance (EC) for extraction or sourcing or borrowing of ordinary earth for the linear projects such as roads, pipeline…
Case Details Kishan Chand Jain vs Union of India & Ors.
SC · 9 October 2023
[2023] 14 S.C.R. 477 : 2023 INSC 915
The petitioner urges that the State Information Commissions should allow the option of virtual hearings along with physical hearings.
Central Bureau of Investigation vs Santosh Karnani & Anr.
SC · 17 April 2023
[2023] 3 S.C.R. 476 : 2023 INSC 380
Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 – ss. 7, 13(1), 13(2) – Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 – s. 41A, 438 – Constitution of India – Art. 21 – Tax Department initiated search and seizure action against the complainant’s c…
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…
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…
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…
Satender Kumar Antil vs Central Bureau of Investigation & Anr.
SC · 11 July 2022
[2022] 10 S.C.R. 351 : 2022 INSC 690
Bail – Grant of – Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 – ss. 41, 41A, 88, 170, 204 and 209 – Constitution of India – Arts. 21 & 22 – Applications have been filed seeking certain directions/clarifications, to deal with the as…
Sk Nausad Rahaman & Ors. vs Union of India and Ors.
SC · 10 March 2022
[2022] 12 S.C.R. 591 : 2022 INSC 287
Central Excise and Customs Commissionerates Inspector (Central Excise, Preventive Officer and Examiner) Group ‘B’ Posts Recruitment Rules 2016 – r.5 – Central Excise and Land Customs Department Inspector (Group C posts)…
The Punjab State Cooperative Agricultural Development Bank Ltd. vs The Registrar,cooperative Societies and Others
SC · 11 January 2022
[2022] 5 S.C.R. 291 : 2022 INSC 34
Service Law – Punjab State Cooperative Agricultural Land Mortgage Banks Service (Common Cadre) Rules, 1978 – r.15(ii) – Employees Provident Fund and Miscellaneous Provisions Act, 1952 – Constitution of India – Articles 1…
Akshay N Patel vs Reserve Bank of India & Anr.
SC · 6 December 2021
[2021] 13 S.C.R. 231 : 2021 INSC 828
Constitution of India – Art. 14, 19(1)(g) and 21 – Foreign Exchange Management Act, 1999 – ss. 10(4), 11(1) – Merchanting Trade Transactions Guildelines, 2020 – Clause 2(iii) – Proportionality of clause 2(iii) – The appe…
Union of India and Others vs Junu Gayary
SC · 26 July 2019
[2019] 9 S.C.R. 843 : 2019 INSC 818
Penal Code, 1860 – s.302 – Constitution of India – Art.21 – Respondent-writ petitioner filed a writ petition u/Art.21 before the High Court alleging that her husband was picked up by army personnel from the house of a re…
National Campaign Committee for Central Legislation on Construction Labour (Ncc-Cl) vs Union of India and Ors.
SC · 19 March 2018
[2018] 9 S.C.R. 204 : 2018 INSC 244
Building and Other Construction Workers (Regulation of Employment and Conditions of Service) Act, 1996 – Building and Other Construction Workers’ Welfare Cess Act, 1996 – Implementation of the Acts – BOCW Act and Cess Ac…

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