Category: Case Summary

EMMANUEL VS STATE OF KERALA

CASE NAME : EMMANUEL VS STATE OF KERALA AUTHOR : VARNIKA VERMA CITATIONS AIR 1987 SC 748 1986 Cri LJ 1736 MANU/SC/0061/1986 1986 (2) SCALE 217 (1986) 3 SC 615 [1986] 3 SCR 518 BENCH Justice Reddy O. Chinappa INTRODUCTION The Supreme Court of India noticed that the school children were dismissed for not singing

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

D.K. BASU VS STATE OF WEST BENGAL

CASE NAME : D.K. BASU VS STATE OF WEST BENGAL AUTHOR : VAIBHAVI BATRA EQUIVALENT CITATION AIR 1977 SC 610 BENCH Justice Kuldeep Singh and Justice A.S. Anand INTRODUCTION Police Brutality is a rising concern in India. It means that when the police officers make excessive use of their powers which results in violence in

SWAPNIL TRIPATHI VS SUPREME COURT OF INDIA

CASE NAME : SWAPNIL TRIPATHI VS SUPREME COURT OF INDIA AUTHOR : VAIBHAVI BATRA EQUIVALENT CITATION (2018) 10 SCC 628 BENCH CJI Dipak Misra, Justice A.M. Khanwilker and Justice D.Y. Chandrachaud INTRODUCTION In theory, it has always been asserted that every citizen in India can attend the proceedings of the Court. But, in reality things

SHEELA BARSE VS STATE OF MAHARASHTRA

CASE NAME : SHEELA BARSE VS STATE OF MAHARASHTRA Author : Vaibhavi Batra EQUIVALENT CITATION 1983 SC 378 BENCH Justice Rangnath Misra, Justice P.N. Bhagwati, Justice Amrendra Nath, Justice R.S. Sen and Justice M.M. Dutt INTRODUCTION Indian Constitution grants equal rights to women, prisoners’ rights and arrested person’s rights under Article 14, 15(3), 21, 22.