Landmark Judgments
Summaries of landmark Supreme Court judgments: facts, issues, ratio and significance.
- Joseph Shine vs Union Of India (2019) 3 SCC 39 · 2018
The Supreme Court struck down Section 497 of the Indian Penal Code (adultery) as unconstitutional, holding that it was arbitrary, violated the right to…
- Navtej Singh Johar vs Union Of India (2018) 10 SCC 1 · 2018
A five-judge bench unanimously read down Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code to decriminalise consensual same-sex relations between adults, holding that…
- K.S. Puttaswamy vs Union Of India (2017) 10 SCC 1 · 2017
A nine-judge bench unanimously held that the right to privacy is a fundamental right protected under Article 21 of the Constitution, as part of the right…
- Shayara Bano vs Union Of India (2017) 9 SCC 1 · 2017
The Supreme Court, by a 3:2 majority, struck down the practice of instant triple talaq (talaq-e-biddat) as unconstitutional, holding that it violated…