Case Archive

The State of Tamil Nadu v Governor of Tamil Nadu

The Court declared Governor R.N. Ravi's delay in granting assent to 10 bills as erroneous and illegal. It exercised its inherent powers under Article 142 to grant assent to the pending bills

In Re: Framing Guidelines Regarding Potential Mitigating Circumstances to be Considered While Imposing Death Sentences

The Court will determine whether same-day sentencing gives a convict “sufficient time” and “real and meaningful opportunity” to present all mitigating circumstances that affect sentencing

In Re Interplay Between Arbitration Agreements Under The Arbitration And Conciliation Act 1996 And The Indian Stamp Act 1899

A seven-judge bench held that an unstamped arbitration agreement is not void ab initio

Ojaswa Pathak v Union of India

The Supreme Court will decide if the restitution of conjugal rights provisions under codified family laws are constitutional.

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.

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.

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

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.

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

In re: Discrimination inside prisons in India

The Court is monitoring steps taken by the Union and state governments to address caste, gender and disability-based discrimination in Indian prisons.