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Landmark Judgments

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Landmark and Important Judgments

Serial numberCourt typeTypeCase numberPetitioner / RespondentBenchJudgment date
141Supreme Court of IndiaImportantW.P.(Crl.) No. 76/2016 and connected petitionsNavtej Singh Johar v. Union of IndiaDipak Misra, C.J.; Rohinton Fali Nariman, A.M. Khanwilkar, D.Y. Chandrachud and Indu Malhotra, JJ. (Constitution Bench)06-09-2018
142Supreme Court of IndiaLandmarkW.P.(C) No. 754/2016TEHSEEN S. POONAWALLA vs UNION OF INDIADipak Misra CJI; A.M. Khanwilkar and D.Y. Chandrachud JJ.17-07-2018
143Supreme Court of IndiaLandmarkC.A. No. 2357/2017GOVT. OF NCT OF DELHI vs UNION OF INDIADipak Misra CJI; A.K. Sikri, A.M. Khanwilkar, D.Y. Chandrachud and Ashok Bhushan JJ.04-07-2018
144Supreme Court of IndiaImportantW.P.(C) No. 231/2010Shakti Vahini v. Union of India & Ors.Dipak Misra, C.J.; A.M. Khanwilkar and D.Y. Chandrachud, JJ.27-03-2018
145Supreme Court of IndiaLandmarkC.A. No. 7875-7879/2015BAR COUNCIL OF INDIA vs A.K. BALAJIA.K. Goel and U.U. Lalit JJ.13-03-2018
146Supreme Court of IndiaImportantW.P.(C) No. 215/2005Common Cause (A Registered Society) v. Union of India & Anr.Dipak Misra, C.J.; A.K. Sikri, A.M. Khanwilkar, D.Y. Chandrachud and Ashok Bhushan, JJ. (Constitution Bench)09-03-2018
147Supreme Court of IndiaImportantCriminal Appeal No. 366/2018 arising from SLP(Crl.) No. 5777/2017Shafin Jahan v. Asokan K.M. & Ors.Dipak Misra, C.J.; A.M. Khanwilkar and D.Y. Chandrachud, JJ.08-03-2018
148Supreme Court of IndiaImportantW.P.(C) No. 382/2013Independent Thought v. Union of India & Anr.Madan B. Lokur and Deepak Gupta, JJ.11-10-2017
149Supreme Court of IndiaLandmarkW.P.(C) No. 494/2012 and connected mattersJustice K.S. Puttaswamy (Retd.) v. Union of India & Ors. — Privacy and Aadhaar2017: J.S. Khehar, C.J.; J. Chelameswar, S.A. Bobde, R.K. Agrawal, Rohinton Fali Nariman, A.M. Sapre, D.Y. Chandrachud, Sanjay Kishan Kaul and S. Abdul Nazeer, JJ. (9 judges). 2018: Dipak Misra, C.J.; A.K. Sikri, A.M. Khanwilkar, Ashok Bhushan and D.Y. Chandrachud, JJ. (5 judges)24-08-2017
150Supreme Court of IndiaImportantW.P.(C) No. 118/2016 and connected mattersShayara Bano v. Union of India & Ors.J.S. Khehar, C.J.; Kurian Joseph, Rohinton Fali Nariman, U.U. Lalit and S. Abdul Nazeer, JJ. (Constitution Bench; 3:2)22-08-2017
151Supreme Court of IndiaImportantW.P.(Crl.) No. 129/2012Extra Judicial Execution Victim Families Association (EEVFAM) v. Union of India & Ors.Madan B. Lokur and U.U. Lalit, JJ.14-07-2017
152Supreme Court of IndiaLandmarkSMC(C) No. 1/2017IN RE vs HONBLE MR JUSTICE C.S. KARNANJ.S. Khehar CJI; Dipak Misra, J. Chelameswar, Ranjan Gogoi, Madan B. Lokur, P.C. Ghose and Kurian Joseph JJ.09-05-2017
153Supreme Court of IndiaImportantCivil Appeal No. 5875/1994 and connected appealsKrishna Kumar Singh v. State of Bihar & Ors.T.S. Thakur, C.J.; Dipak Misra, Madan B. Lokur, S.A. Bobde, Adarsh Kumar Goel, U.U. Lalit and D.Y. Chandrachud, JJ. (7-Judge Bench)02-01-2017
154Supreme Court of IndiaImportantCivil Appeal No. 37/1992 and connected appealsAbhiram Singh v. C.D. Commachen (Dead) by LRs & Ors.T.S. Thakur, C.J.; Madan B. Lokur, S.A. Bobde, Adarsh Kumar Goel, U.U. Lalit, D.Y. Chandrachud and L. Nageswara Rao, JJ. (7-Judge Bench; 4:3)02-01-2017
155Supreme Court of IndiaImportantW.P.(C) No. 1079/2013Karma Dorjee v. Union of India & Ors.T.S. Thakur, C.J.; D.Y. Chandrachud and L. Nageswara Rao, JJ.14-12-2016
156Supreme Court of IndiaImportantW.P.(C) No. 349/2006Voluntary Health Association of Punjab v. Union of India & Ors.Dipak Misra and Amitava Roy, JJ.08-11-2016
157Supreme Court of IndiaImportantW.P.(C) No. 98/2012Jeeja Ghosh v. Union of India & Ors.A.K. Sikri and R.K. Agrawal, JJ.12-05-2016
158Supreme Court of IndiaImportantW.P.(C) No. 857/2015Swaraj Abhiyan v. Union of IndiaMadan B. Lokur and N.V. Ramana, JJ.11-05-2016
159Supreme Court of IndiaImportantW.P.(C) No. 13/2015 and connected mattersSupreme Court Advocates-on-Record Association v. Union of IndiaJ.S. Khehar, J. (for majority), Madan B. Lokur, Kurian Joseph and Adarsh Kumar Goel, JJ.; J. Chelameswar, J. dissenting (Constitution Bench)16-10-2015
160Supreme Court of IndiaImportantW.P.(Crl.) No. 167/2012 and connected mattersShreya Singhal v. Union of IndiaJ. Chelameswar and Rohinton Fali Nariman, JJ.24-03-2015