Landmark Judgments of Supreme Court (1950 - 2021) Annotated together with Precedents

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Description
•    Promotes respect for the highest Court of Justice in India and obedience to the law of land declared.
•    Encourages critical appreciation of its judgments and respectful dissent
•    Highlights several controversial debates and contentious issues and their resolution
•    Explains several concepts like delegation of legislative functions, estoppel against State, unjust
      enrichments, sum adjudged as due, polluter pays and pays himself, public interest litigation,
      irretrie vable breakdown of marriage etc.
•    Enumerates the guidelines issued in several cases
•    Lists the orders granted for protection of the undertrials and convicts.
•    Specifies orders issued to the Governments to enact  a law or in the alternative executive directions
      in matters such as foreign adoption, blood banks, sexual harassment of women in public places and
      compulsory registration of marriages.
•    Refers to high profile cases as Babri Masjid and Rama Janma Bhoomi, Bhopal Gas Tragedy, Ahmedabad
     riots, irregular allotment of Government houses and irregular allotment of petrol outlets and JMM Bribery
•    Interprets the law of succession among Hindus.
•    Traces the ascendency of judicial review by the Supreme Court and review over judicial review.
•    Stresses the importance of the personal laws being uniform throughout India.
•    Considers Reservations in employment and education
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Contents
1.    Aadhaar
2.    Acquisition of Land
3.    Adultery
4.    Advocates Act
5.    Animal Cruelty
6.    Arbitration
7.    Army
8.    Author
9.    Ayodhya-Ram Janmabhumi
10.  Babri Masjid
11.  Bail
12.  Banking Laws
13.  Bhopal Gas Leak Disaster
14.  Blood Banks
15.  Bouns
16.  Child
17.  Citizen
18.  Civil Proceduer
19.  Colourful Legislation
20.  Constitutional Law
21.  Consumer Protection
22.  Contempt of Court
23.  Co-operative Society
24.  Cow Slaughter
25.  Cricket
26.  Criminal Law and Procedure
27.  Defamation of Private Person
28.  Divorce
29.  Doctors
30.  Economic Offences
31.  Education
32.  Environment
33.  Estoppel
35.  Evidence
36.  Family Law
37.  Film Censorship
38.  Foreign Adoptions
39.  Freedom of Press
40.  Fundamental Rights
41.  Hereditary Office
42.  Hindu Law
43.  Horse Racing
45.  Industrial Relations
46.  Internet Services
47.  Judiciary
48.  Information Technology
49.  Juvibity
50.  LGBT
51.  Maintenance
52.  Medical Negligence
53.  Medical Termination of Pregnancy
54.  Mens Rea
55.  Motor Vehicles
56.  Municipal Laws
57.  Muslim Law
58.  National Anthem
59.  Naltionalisation of Banks
60.  Office of Profit
61.  Penal Code
62.  Power of Governor
63.  Prison Reforms
64.  Prospective Over Ruling
65.  Protection of Rights of the Child
66.  Public Auction
67.  Public Interest Litigation
68.  Re-Promulgation of an Ordinance
69.  Reservations
70.  Retirement Age
71.  Sale of Liquor National and State Highways
72.  SARFAESI Act
73.  Scheduled Caste in One State
74.  Services
75.  Sexual Harassment
76.  Succession
77.  Channel
78.  Tandava Dance
79.  Tax
80.  Telecom
81.  Test of Reasonableness
82.  Triple Talaq
82.  Videography of the Scene of Crime
83.  Visually Disabled Persons
        * Precedents of Supreme Court
        * When the Supreme Court Judgments Year-wise were held no longer good law, overruled,
           reversed, doubted or dissented
        * Subject Index
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Author Details
N.K.Acharya
Revised by
Sri. V.K. Dewan, Senior Advocate
Foreword by
Dr. Justice Arijit Pasayat, Former Judge Supreme Court of India