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1. Important Supreme Court Judgement
1.1. A.K. Gopalan Case (1950)
1.2. Shankari Prasad Case (1951)
1.3. Berubari Union Case (1960)
1.4. Golaknath Case (1967)
1.5. Kesavananda Bharati Case (1973)
1.6. Indira Nehru Gandhi v. Raj Narain Case (1975)
1.7. Maneka Gandhi Case (1978)
1.8. Minerva Mills Case (1980)
1.9. Waman Rao Case (1981)
1.10. Shah Bano Begum Case (1985)
1.11. Indra Sawhney and Union of India (1992)
1.12. S. R. Bommai Case (1994)
1.13. Vishaka and State of Rajasthan (1997)
1.14. Lily Thomas v Union of India (2000)
1.15. I.R Coelho and State of Tamil Nadu (2007)
1.16. Pedophilia Case (2011)
1.17. Aruna Shanbaug Case (2011)
1.18. NOTA Judgement (2013)
1.19. Lily Thomas and Union Of India (2013)
1.20. Nirbhaya Case (2014)
1.21. National Legal Services Authority and Union of India (2014)
1.22. Triple Talaq Judgement (2016)
1.23. Right To Privacy (2017)
1.24. Puttaswamy Case (2017)
1.25. Repealing Section 377 (2018)
1.26. Joseph Shine v. Union of India (2018)
1.27. Anuradha Bhasin v. Union of India and others (2020)
1.28. Rambabu Singh Thakur v. Sunil Arora and others (2020)
1.29. Internet and Mobile Association of India v. Reserve Bank of India (2020)
1.30. Laxmibai Chandaragi and another v. State of Karnataka and others (2021)
1.31. Mohammad Salimullah and another v. Union of India and others (2021)
1.32. Farzana Batool v. Union of India and others (2021)
1.33. Kerala Union of Working Journalists v. Union of India and others (2021)
1.34. Barun Chandra Thakur v. Master Bholu and another (2022)
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Topic – Landmark Judgements and their Impact (Notes)
Subject – Political Science
(Constitution of India)
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The Supreme Court is the ultimate interpreter of the Constitution. Through some of the important judgements of the Supreme Court, it is quite evident how it has been the defender of our constitutional rights and fundamental rights through its creative and original interpretation. These decisions should be regarded not just as precedents, but also as having established the law on critical issues.
Important Supreme Court Judgement
A.K. Gopalan Case (1950)
- The Supreme Court concluded that the provisions of the Preventive Detention Act did not violate the Fundamental Rights entrenched in Articles 13, article 19, Article 21, or Article 22, if the detention was carried out according to the law’s procedures.
- Article 21 was interpreted narrowly by the Supreme Court in this case.
Shankari Prasad Case (1951)
- The constitutionality of the First Amendment was questioned in this case, which dealt with the amenability of fundamental rights.
- The Supreme Court argued that the authority to amend the constitution granted to Parliament under Article 368 also extends to the Fundamental Rights protected in Part III of the Constitution.
Berubari Union Case (1960)
- This case challenged the Parliament’s authority to transfer the territory of Berubai to Pakistan.
- The Supreme Court looked into Article 3 in depth and determined that the Parliament could not pass laws to carry out the Nehru-Noon agreement under this provision.
- As a result, the 9th Amendment Act was enacted to make the agreement enforceable.
Golaknath Case (1967)
- The questions, in this case, were whether amendment is a law; and whether Fundamental Rights can be amended or not.
- The Supreme Court concluded that the parliamentary restriction under Article 13 does not apply to Fundamental Rights, and that a new Constituent Assembly would be required to modify the Fundamental Rights.
- Article 368 also states that while it establishes the framework for amending the Constitution, it does not grant Parliament the ability to do so.
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