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Olga Tellis v. Bombay Municipal Corporation

Author : Ishita Arora Citation AIR 1986 SC 180 Bench Chief Justice Y.V. Chandrachud, Justice A. Vardarajan, Justice O.C. Reddy, Justice S.M. Fazalali and Justice V.D. Tulzapurkar. Introduction The present case is one of those cases which broaden the horizons of the meaning of fundamental rights. In this case, right to livelihood was held to

UNION CARBIDE CORPORATION VS UNION OF INDIA

CASE NAME : UNION CARBIDE CORPORATION VS UNION OF INDIA Author : VAIBHAVI BATRA EQUIVALENT CITATION (1991) 4 SCC 584 BENCH Justice R.S. Pathak, Justice R. Mishra, Justice E.S. Venkataramiah, Justice N.D. Ojha and Justice M.N. Venkatachalliah INTRODUCTION In the year 1934 American Industrial Giant Union Carbide with the Union of India incorporated Union Carbide

NAVTEJ SINGH JOHAR VS UNION OF INDIA

Case Name : NAVTEJ SINGH JOHAR VS UNION OF INDIA Author : Vaibhavi Batra EQUIVALENT CITATION (2018) 10 SCC 1 BENCH CJI Dipak Misra, Justice R.F. Nariman, Justice Indu Malhotra, Justice A.M. Khanwilker and Justice D.Y. Chandrachaud INTRODUCTION Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) is a provision that criminalises homosexuality. Homosexuality means,

Emperor vs Mushnooru Suryanarayana Murthy : Case Summary

Case Name : Emperor vs Mushnooru Suryanarayana Murthy Author : Aprajita Priyadarshini EQUIVALENT CITATIONS (1912) 22 MLJ 333 BENCH Justice Benson INTRODUCTION The Indian Penal Code very finely defines the differences between murder, culpable homicide and culpable homicides amounting or not amounting to murder under its provisions. To commit an offence under any of these

Kihoto Hollohon vs Zachilhu and Ors

Kihoto Hollohon vs Zachilhu and Ors. Author : Ishita Arora Citation:  AIR 1993 SC 412, 1992 SCR (1) 686, 1992 SCC Supl. (2) 651 Bench: Justice L.M. Sharma, Justice M.N. Venkatachalliah, Justice Jagdish SaranVerma, Justice K. Jayachandra Reddy, Justice S.C. Agrawal. Introduction In the present case of Kihoto Hollohon vs Zachilhu and Ors, multiple petitions

Common cause vs Union of India

Common cause vs Union of India Author : Ishita Arora Citation: (2018) 5 SCC Bench: Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra, Justice A. Bhushan, Justice A.M. Khanwilkar, Justice D.Y. Chandrachud and Justice A.SIkri. Introduction The present case Common cause vs Union of India is a landmark case in which the Supreme Court recognized and gave