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landmark judgements in India

Champakam Dorairajan Vs State of Madras 1951 Well before Arjun Singh, this case concerning admissions of backward classes to educational institutions led B.R. Ambedkar, then the law minister, to pilot the first-ever amendment to the Constitution. K.M. Nanavati VsState of Maharashtra1960 The crime of passion, where Commander Kawas Maneckshaw Nanavati murdered his wife's lover, marked the end of jury trials in India when the officer was let off. GolaknathVsState of Punjab 1967 The Supreme Court made fundamental rights immune from amendment until Parliament reasserted its authority in 1971 by amending Articles 13 and 368 of the Constitution. Madhav JiwajiRao Scindia VsUnion of India1970 The Supreme Court rejected a 1970 presidential order abolishing titles, privileges and privy purses of India's erstwhile princely rulers. Kesavananda BharatiVsState of Kerala1973 In 1971, Parliament empowered itself to amend any part of the Constitution. However, the Supreme Court l...

RESENTING 25 LANDMARK JUDGMENTS

1. *Lalita Kumari v. State of UP* :FIR mandatory in cognizable cases 2. *Mohd. Ahmad Khan vs Shah Bano Begum* :Section 125 of CrPC Secular 3. *D.K. Basu v. State of Bengal* :SC guidelines relating to rights of the arrested person 4. *Nilabati Bahera v. State of Orissa* :Compensation in case of unlawful arrest and detention 5. *Sheela Barse v. State of Maharashtra* :Rights of women relating to arrest 6. *Joginder Kumar v. State of UP* :SC guidelines relating to rights of the arrested person 7. *Chanmuniya v. Virendra Kumar Singh Kushwaha* :Right of maintenance in Live-in-Relationships 8. *Shiv Shankar Singh v. State of Bihar* :Filing of Multiple FIR 9. *Satya Pal Singh v. State of MP* :Father of deceased victim has right to appeal 10. *State of UP v. Singhara Singh* :Section 164 by necessary implication prohibits the magistrate from giving oral evidence of the confession made to him 11. *State of Madhya Pradesh v. Rustum* :Computation of period of 60/90 ...