Supreme Court Cases Everyone Should Know

Supreme Court Cases Everyone Should Know

100 Landmark Supreme Court Cases in India

  1. Romesh Thappar v. State of Madras (1950)

  2. Shankari Prasad v. Union of India (1951)

  3. State of Madras v. Champakam Dorairajan (1951)

  4. A. K. Gopalan v. State of Madras (1950)

  5. M. P. Sharma v. Satish Chandra (1954)

  6. K. M. Nanavati v. State of Maharashtra (1959)

  7. Berubari Union & Exchange of Enclaves Case (1960)

  8. Sajjan Singh v. State of Rajasthan (1965)

  9. Golaknath v. State of Punjab (1967)

  10. Keshavananda Bharati v. State of Kerala (1973)

  11. Indira Nehru Gandhi v. Raj Narain (1975)

  12. ADM Jabalpur v. Shivkant Shukla (1976)

  13. Maneka Gandhi v. Union of India (1978)

  14. Bachan Singh v. State of Punjab (1980)

  15. Minerva Mills Ltd. v. Union of India (1980)

  16. S. P. Gupta v. Union of India (1981)

  17. R. D. Shetty v. International Airport Authority of India (1979)

  18. Olga Tellis v. Bombay Municipal Corporation (1985)

  19. Shah Bano Case (Mohd. Ahmed Khan v. Shah Bano Begum) (1985)

  20. India v. Union Carbide / Bhopal Disaster suits

  21. Ranjit D. Udeshi v. State of Maharashtra (1965)

  22. Indian Young Lawyers Association (Sabarimala) case

  23. Vishakha v. State of Rajasthan (1997)

  24. TMA Pai Foundation v. State of Karnataka (2002)

  25. I. R. Coelho v. State of Tamil Nadu (2007)

  26. Naz Foundation v. Govt. of NCT of Delhi (2009)

  27. Aruna Shanbaug v. Union of India (2011)

  28. Ashoka Kumar Thakur v. Union of India (2008)

  29. NALSA v. Union of India (2014)

  30. K. S. Puttaswamy (Retd.) v. Union of India (2017)

  31. Navtej Singh Johar v. Union of India

  32. Janhit Abhiyan v. Union of India (EWS Reservation) (2022)

  33. S. R. Bommai v. Union of India (1994)

  34. Kihoto Hollohan v. Zachillhu & Others (1992)

  35. Indra Sawhney & Others v. Union of India (1992)

  36. A. K. Roy v. Union of India (1982)

  37. D. K. Basu v. State of West Bengal (1997)

  38. Vellore Citizens Welfare Forum v. Union of India (1996)

  39. M. C. Mehta v. Union of India (series, e.g. Taj Trapezium case)

  40. M. C. Mehta v. Union of India (Vehicular Pollution)

  41. M. C. Mehta v. Union of India (Ganga Pollution)

  42. Bijoe Emmanuel v. State of Kerala (1986)

  43. Sahara v. SEBI

  44. S. R. Tendolkar v. Municipal Corporation (Right to Access to Information)

  45. L. Chandra Kumar v. Union of India (1997)

  46. Booz Allen Hamilton Inc. v. SBI

  47. Sreevatsa v. Union of India

  48. Ujjam Bai v. State of Madhya Pradesh

  49. Sarla Mudgal v. Union of India (1995)

  50. P. Venkataramana v. Union of India

  51. Pradeep Jain v. Union of India

  52. Unni Krishnan, J. P. v. State of Andhra Pradesh (Education as fundamental right)

  53. T. N. Godavarman Thirumulpad v. Union of India (forest and environmental law)

  54. Nandini Sundar & Others v. State of Chhattisgarh

  55. Justice K. S. Puttaswamy (Privacy) (2017)

  56. Bijli v. State of Haryana

  57. Project Seabird v. Union of India

  58. Olga Tellis v. Bombay Municipal Corporation

  59. Chameli Singh v. State of U.P. (Right to Shelter)

  60. Maneka Gandhi v. Union of India

  61. Abdul Kalam v. Union of India (President’s Power, Pardon)

  62. R. v. State of Maharashtra

  63. D. R. Kumari v. Manohar Lal Sharma

  64. Ashoka Kumar Thakur v. Union of India

  65. Sabarimala Entry case

  66. Navtej Singh Johar v. Union of India

  67. PUCL v. Union of India (Hawala Case)

  68. Center for Public Interest Litigation v. Union of India

  69. In re: Presidential Reference (Third Judges case)

  70. Supreme Court Advocates on Record Association v. Union of India (Fourth Judges case)

  71. Supreme Court Advocates on Record v. Union of India (Second Judges’ case)

  72. In re: Special Reference 1 of 1998 (collegium reference)

  73. M. P. L. Suresh v. State of Karnataka

  74. Ajay Hasia v. Khalid Mujib Sehravardi

  75. Chandigarh Administration v. Jagjit Singh

  76. K. Veeraswami v. Union of India (Judicial accountability)

  77. Delhi Judicial Service Association v. State of Gujarat (arrest guidelines)

  78. Bijoe Emmanuel v. State of Kerala

  79. In re: Kerala Education Bill

  80. Praga Tools Corpn. v. C. I. T.

  81. A. C. Jose v. S. B. Jose (marriage/maintenance)

  82. Abdul Vs. State of J & K

  83. UOI v. Harish Chandra Shukla

  84. Hiralal v. State of Assam

  85. State of U.P. v. Kaushal

  86. Veeraswami v. Union of India

  87. Relying on test of proportionality — e.g. cases interpreting Articles 14/19/21

  88. State of Himachal Pradesh v. Umed Ram Sharma

  89. Vikas Singh v. Union of India

  90. Kesavananda Bharati (already included)

  91. I. R. Coelho (already included)

  92. Landmark labor law judgments (e.g. Olga Tellis, Unni Krishnan)

  93. Social justice judgments (like EWS, reservations)

  94. Gender / women’s rights judgments (Vishakha, Triple talaq)

  95. LGBTQ+ rights (Navtej Singh Johar)

  96. Environmental law (MC Mehta series)

  97. Privacy and data protection jurisprudence

  98. Electoral law and reforms (e.g. electoral bonds, EVM-VVPAT)

  99. Remission / death sentence jurisprudence (e.g. Bachan Singh)

  100. Suo motu / PIL / Public Interest Litigation jurisprudence

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