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Landmark Case Briefs

Kesavananda Bharati v. State of Kerala (1973) – Basic Structure Doctrine.
A.K. Gopalan v. State of Madras (1950) – Personal liberty under Article 21.
Maneka Gandhi v. Union of India (1978) – Expanded the scope of Article 21 (Right to Life and Personal Liberty).
Minerva Mills Ltd. v. Union of India (1980) – Basic structure and judicial review.
Indira Nehru Gandhi v. Raj Narain (1975) – Election disputes and basic structure.
S.R. Bommai v. Union of India (1994) – Federalism and President’s Rule.
I.R. Coelho v. State of Tamil Nadu (2007) – Ninth Schedule and judicial review.
Vineet Narain v. Union of India (1998) – CBI independence and corruption cases.
R.C. Cooper v. Union of India (1970) – Banking nationalization and property rights.
Shankari Prasad v. Union of India (1951) – First case on constitutional amendments.

Bachan Singh v. State of Punjab (1980) – Death penalty and rarest of rare doctrine.
D.K. Basu v. State of West Bengal (1997) – Guidelines on arrests and custodial torture.
Gian Kaur v. State of Punjab (1996) – Right to die and euthanasia.
Mohd. Ahmed Khan v. Shah Bano Begum (1985) – Maintenance rights for Muslim women.
Manohar Lal Sharma v. Principal Secretary (Coalgate Scam) (2014) – Criminal law and corruption.
M.C. Mehta v. Union of India (1987) – Environmental protection and liability in the Oleum gas leak case.
Tuka Ram v. State of Maharashtra (Mathura Rape Case) (1979) – Led to reforms in rape laws.
Lily Thomas v. Union of India (2013) – Disqualification of convicted MPs and MLAs.
State of Maharashtra v. Praful Desai (2003) – Video conferencing as evidence.
Arunachala Gounder v. Ponnusamy (2022) – Equal rights of daughters in property.

Navtej Singh Johar v. Union of India (2018) – Decriminalized Section 377 (LGBTQ+ rights).
K.S. Puttaswamy v. Union of India (2017) – Right to Privacy as a fundamental right.
Vishakha v. State of Rajasthan (1997) – Guidelines on sexual harassment at the workplace.
National Legal Services Authority (NALSA) v. Union of India (2014) – Recognized transgender rights.
Joseph Shine v. Union of India (2018) – Struck down adultery law as unconstitutional.
Shreya Singhal v. Union of India (2015) – Struck down Section 66A of the IT Act (Free speech on the internet).
People’s Union for Democratic Rights v. Union of India (1982) – Expanded scope of public interest litigation.
Common Cause v. Union of India (2018) – Legalized passive euthanasia and living wills.
State of Tamil Nadu v. Suhas Katti (2004) – First conviction under cyberstalking.
Olga Tellis v. Bombay Municipal Corporation (1985) – Right to livelihood as part of the right to life.

S.P. Gupta v. Union of India (1981) – Judges transfer and independence of the judiciary.
Indra Sawhney v. Union of India (1992) – Reservations and the Mandal Commission.
M. Nagaraj v. Union of India (2006) – Reservations in promotions for SC/STs.
Golak Nath v. State of Punjab (1967) – Parliament’s power to amend fundamental rights.
D.D. Basu v. Union of India (2013) – Property law and compensation.

M.C. Mehta v. Union of India (Ganga Pollution Case) (1988) – Environmental protection.
Vellore Citizens Welfare Forum v. Union of India (1996) – Sustainable development and environmental laws.
Subhash Kumar v. State of Bihar (1991) – Right to clean environment as part of right to life.
T.N. Godavarman Thirumulpad v. Union of India (Forest Conservation Case) (1996) – Protection of forests and wildlife.
Indian Council for Enviro-Legal Action v. Union of India (Bichhri Village Case) (1996) – Environmental damage compensation.

Danial Latifi v. Union of India (2001) – Muslim women’s maintenance post-divorce (Shah Bano case’s extension).
Sarala Mudgal v. Union of India (1995) – Uniform Civil Code and bigamy.
Ms. Githa Hariharan v. Reserve Bank of India (1999) – Guardianship rights of mothers.
Lata Singh v. State of Uttar Pradesh (2006) – Right to marry outside caste or religion.
Vandana Shiva v. State of Haryana (2019) – Rights of married daughters in coparcenary property.

Union of India v. Association for Democratic Reforms (2002) – Disclosure of criminal records and assets of candidates.
Ashok Chavan v. Madhavrao Kinhalkar (2014) – False election expenditure claims.
Rameshwar Prasad v. Union of India (2006) – Dissolution of assemblies and misuse of power.

Tata Cellular v. Union of India (1994) – Judicial review of administrative decisions in tenders and contracts.
Spectrum Allocation Case (2012) – Cancellation of 2G licenses due to illegal spectrum allocation.

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