Case Archive
Ojaswa Pathak v Union of India
The Supreme Court will decide if the restitution of conjugal rights provisions under codified family laws are constitutional.
Next Hearing: October 15, 2024
Last Updated: July 8, 2025
Hrishikesh Sahoo v State of Karnataka
The Supreme Court will decide if the marital rape exception to Section 375 of the IPC violates the fundamental rights of married women.
Next Hearing:
Last Updated: July 8, 2025
In re: Section 6A of the Citizenship Act, 1955
The Supreme Court upheld the validity of Section 6A of the Citizenship Act which grants citizenship to Bangladeshi immigrants who entered Assam before March 1971.
Last Updated: July 8, 2025
Bench:D.Y. Chandrachud CJI, Surya Kant J, M.M. Sundresh J, J.B. Pardiwala J, Manoj Misra J
Re-promulgation of Ordinances
Decided
Krishna Kumar Singh v State of Bihar
A 7-judge Constitution bench has held that unfettered re-promulgation of ordinances is not permissible by the Constitution.
Last Updated: July 8, 2025
Bench:Tirath Singh Thakur CJI, M.B. Lokur J, S.A. Bobde CJI, A. K. Goel J, U.U. Lalit CJI, D.Y. Chandrachud CJI, L.N. Rao J
State of Uttar Pradesh v Lalta Prasad Vaish
In a 8:1 majority, the Supreme Court overturned Sythentics and Chemicals (1990) which held that “intoxicating liquor” under Entry 8 of the State List referred only to potable liquor, taking it our of the scope of states’ powers
Last Updated: July 8, 2025
Bench:D.Y. Chandrachud CJI, Hrishikesh Roy J, A.S. Oka J, B.V. Nagarathna J, J.B. Pardiwala J, Manoj Misra J, Ujjal Bhuyan J, S.C. Sharma J, A.G. Masih J
Nature of Private Property
Decided
Property Owners Association v State of Maharashtra
The Supreme Court unanimously held that Article 31C as upheld in Kesavananada Bharati (1973) remains in the Constitution after the decision in Minerva Mills (1980). The majority also held that not all privately owned property is a "material resource of the community" in an 8:1 majority.
Last Updated: July 8, 2025
Bench:D.Y. Chandrachud CJI, Hrishikesh Roy J, B.V. Nagarathna J, Sudhanshu Dhulia J, J.B. Pardiwala J, Manoj Misra J, Rajesh Bindal J, S.C. Sharma J, A.G. Masih J
Bajaj Allianz General Insurance v Rambha Devi
A 5-Judge Bench will decide whether a person licenced to drive a ‘light motor vehicle’ under Section 2(21) of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 is automatically entitled to drive a ‘Transport Vehicle of Light Motor Vehicle Class’ with unladen weight of less than 7500 KGs.
Last Updated: July 8, 2025
Bench:D.Y. Chandrachud CJI, P.S. Narasimha J, Hrishikesh Roy J, Manoj Misra J, Pankaj Mithal J
Tej Prakash Pathak v Rajasthan High Court
The Supreme Court held that the ‘rules of the game’ in a selection process for a public post cannot be changed after the selection process has been initiated.
Last Updated: July 8, 2025
Bench:D.Y. Chandrachud CJI, Hrishikesh Roy J, P.S. Narasimha J, Pankaj Mithal J, Manoj Misra J
Aligarh Muslim University Through its Registrar Faizan Mustafa v Naresh Agarwal
The Court laid down parameters to identify a minority educational institution and directed a smaller regular bench to determine the minority status of AMU on the basis of the parameters
Last Updated: July 8, 2025
Bench:D.Y. Chandrachud CJI, Sanjiv Khanna CJI, Surya Kant J, J.B. Pardiwala J, Dipankar Datta J, Manoj Misra J, S.C. Sharma J
Fundamental Right to Privacy
Decided
Justice K.S. Puttaswamy v Union of India
The Supreme Court held that a fundamental right to privacy is guaranteed under the Constitution of India.
Last Updated: April 14, 2025
Bench:D.Y. Chandrachud CJI, Abdul Nazeer J, Rohinton Nariman J, S.K. Kaul J, J.S. Khehar CJI, S.A. Bobde CJI, Jasti Chelameswar J, Abhay Sapre J, A.K. Sikri J