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Supreme Court and High Court judgments, bare acts, and commentary — searchable, correctly cited, and explained in plain language. Search and full text are on the way; below is what the library will hold.
Supreme Court and High Court decisions — headnotes, ratio, and linked citations in SCC form, with the subsequent history that tells you whether it is still good law.
Central Acts and Rules as they stand — the Constitution, CPC, Contract Act, and the criminal codes as replaced on 1 July 2024 by the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita and Sakshya Adhiniyam.
Plain-language notes on how a section is applied in practice, tied to the cases that interpret it — with the repealed IPC, CrPC and Evidence Act provisions mapped to their successors.
Landmark cases
Subject and subsequent history, flagged where a judgment is no longer good law — not a substitute for reading the full report.
Kesavananda Bharati v. State of Kerala
(1973) 4 SCC 225
Supreme Court
Basic structure — limits on Parliament's amending power
Minerva Mills v. Union of India
(1980) 3 SCC 625
Supreme Court
Basic structure — balance between Fundamental Rights and Directive Principles
Maneka Gandhi v. Union of India
(1978) 1 SCC 248
Supreme Court
Article 21 — procedure must be fair, just and reasonable
ADM Jabalpur v. Shivkant Shukla
(1976) 2 SCC 521
Supreme Court
Habeas corpus during the Emergency — expressly overruled in Puttaswamy (2017)
S.R. Bommai v. Union of India
(1994) 3 SCC 1
Supreme Court
Article 356 — judicial review of President's Rule; federalism and secularism
Indra Sawhney v. Union of India
1992 Supp (3) SCC 217
Supreme Court
Reservation — OBC quota, creamy layer, and the 50% ceiling
K.S. Puttaswamy v. Union of India
(2017) 10 SCC 1
Supreme Court
Privacy as a fundamental right under Articles 14, 19 and 21
Vishaka v. State of Rajasthan
(1997) 6 SCC 241
Supreme Court
Workplace harassment — guidelines under Article 141
Shayara Bano v. Union of India
(2017) 9 SCC 1
Supreme Court
Talaq-e-biddat — instant triple talaq set aside
National Legal Services Authority v. Union of India
(2014) 5 SCC 438
Supreme Court
Gender identity — legal recognition of transgender persons
Navtej Singh Johar v. Union of India
(2018) 10 SCC 1
Supreme Court
Section 377 IPC — dignity and sexual autonomy
Joseph Shine v. Union of India
(2019) 3 SCC 39
Supreme Court
Section 497 IPC — adultery decriminalised
Indian Young Lawyers Assn. v. State of Kerala
(2019) 11 SCC 1
Supreme Court
Sabarimala — temple entry, Article 25 and essential religious practice
Supriyo v. Union of India
2023 INSC 920
Supreme Court
Marriage equality — right to marry held statutory, not constitutional
Vineeta Sharma v. Rakesh Sharma
(2020) 9 SCC 1
Supreme Court
Hindu Succession Act, Section 6 — daughters are coparceners by birth
Common Cause v. Union of India
(2018) 5 SCC 1
Supreme Court
Living will and passive euthanasia under Article 21
Shreya Singhal v. Union of India
(2015) 5 SCC 1
Supreme Court
Section 66A, IT Act — vagueness and the limits on online speech
Anuradha Bhasin v. Union of India
(2020) 3 SCC 637
Supreme Court
Internet shutdowns — proportionality and publication of orders
Association for Democratic Reforms v. Union of India
(2024) 5 SCC 1
Supreme Court
Electoral bonds struck down — the voter's right to information
Bachan Singh v. State of Punjab
(1980) 2 SCC 684
Supreme Court
Death penalty — the 'rarest of rare' test
D.K. Basu v. State of West Bengal
(1997) 1 SCC 416
Supreme Court
Arrest and custodial safeguards; compensation for custodial violence
Lalita Kumari v. Govt. of Uttar Pradesh
(2014) 2 SCC 1
Supreme Court
Registration of FIR is mandatory for a cognizable offence
Selvi v. State of Karnataka
(2010) 7 SCC 263
Supreme Court
Narcoanalysis and polygraph testing against Article 20(3)
M.C. Mehta v. Union of India
(1987) 1 SCC 395
Supreme Court
Article 21 — absolute liability for hazardous industry
Vellore Citizens' Welfare Forum v. Union of India
(1996) 5 SCC 647
Supreme Court
Precautionary principle and polluter pays as part of Indian law
Olga Tellis v. Bombay Municipal Corporation
(1985) 3 SCC 545
Supreme Court
Right to livelihood as part of Article 21
Vidya Drolia v. Durga Trading Corporation
(2021) 2 SCC 1
Supreme Court
Arbitrability — the fourfold test for when a dispute is incapable of resolution by arbitration
Rangappa v. Sri Mohan
(2010) 11 SCC 441
Supreme Court
Section 139, Negotiable Instruments Act — the presumption of a legally enforceable debt is rebuttable, not a dispensation from proof
Shilpa Sailesh v. Varun Sreenivasan
2023 SCC OnLine SC 544
Supreme Court
Article 142 — Supreme Court's power to grant divorce on irretrievable breakdown of marriage without both parties' consent
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