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1 Administrative law

Associated Provincial Picture Houses v. Wednesbury Corporation [1948] 1 KB 223
Centre for Public Interest Litigation v. Union of India (2012) 3 SCC 1
Manohar Lal Sharma v. Principal Secretary (Coal Blocks) (2014) 9 SCC 516
Natural Resources Allocation, In re (Special Reference No. 1 of 2012) (2012) 10 SCC 1
Ram Jethmalani v. Union of India (2011) 8 SCC 1
Ramana Dayaram Shetty v. International Airport Authority of India (1979) 3 SCC 489
State of Tamil Nadu v. K. Balu (2017) 2 SCC 281

2 Animal law

Animal Welfare Board of India v. A. Nagaraja (2014) 7 SCC 547

3 Arbitration

Associate Builders v. Delhi Development Authority (2015) 3 SCC 49
Bharat Aluminium Co. v. Kaiser Aluminium Technical Services (2012) 9 SCC 552
Bhatia International v. Bulk Trading (2002) 4 SCC 105
ONGC v. Saw Pipes (2003) 5 SCC 705
Perkins Eastman Architects v. HSCC (India) (2020) 20 SCC 760
Ssangyong Engineering v. NHAI (2019) 15 SCC 131
TRF Ltd. v. Energo Engineering Projects (2017) 8 SCC 377
Vidya Drolia v. Durga Trading Corporation (2021) 2 SCC 1

4 Banking law

Mardia Chemicals v. Union of India (2004) 4 SCC 311

5 Child rights

Bachpan Bachao Andolan v. Union of India (2011) 5 SCC 1

6 Civil procedure

Kailash v. Nanhku (2005) 4 SCC 480
Salem Advocate Bar Association v. Union of India (2005) 6 SCC 344

7 Commercial and criminal law

Aneeta Hada v. Godfather Travels and Tours (2012) 5 SCC 661
Dashrath Rupsingh Rathod v. State of Maharashtra (2014) 9 SCC 129
Rangappa v. Sri Mohan (2010) 11 SCC 441

8 Competition law

Competition Commission of India v. Steel Authority of India (2010) 10 SCC 744
Excel Crop Care v. Competition Commission of India (2017) 8 SCC 47

9 Constitutional and data law

K.S. Puttaswamy v. Union of India (Aadhaar) (2019) 1 SCC 1

10 Constitutional law

A.K. Gopalan v. State of Madras AIR 1950 SC 27
ADM Jabalpur v. Shivkant Shukla (1976) 2 SCC 521
Air India v. Nergesh Meerza (1981) 4 SCC 335
Ajay Hasia v. Khalid Mujib Sehravardi (1981) 1 SCC 722
Anuj Garg v. Hotel Association of India (2008) 3 SCC 1
Anuradha Bhasin v. Union of India (2020) 3 SCC 637
Ashoka Kumar Thakur v. Union of India (2008) 6 SCC 1
B.P. Singhal v. Union of India (2010) 6 SCC 331
Bennett Coleman and Co. v. Union of India (1972) 2 SCC 788
Bhikaji Narain Dhakras v. State of Madhya Pradesh AIR 1955 SC 781
Bhim Singh v. State of Jammu and Kashmir (1985) 4 SCC 677
Bijoe Emmanuel v. State of Kerala (1986) 3 SCC 615
Brown v. Board of Education 347 U.S. 483 (1954)
Budhan Choudhry v. State of Bihar AIR 1955 SC 191
Chairman, Railway Board v. Chandrima Das (2000) 2 SCC 465
Chebrolu Leela Prasad Rao v. State of Andhra Pradesh (2021) 11 SCC 401
Commissioner, Hindu Religious Endowments v. Sri Lakshmindra Thirtha Swamiar (Shirur Mutt) AIR 1954 SC 282
Common Cause v. Union of India (2018) 5 SCC 1
E.P. Royappa v. State of Tamil Nadu (1974) 4 SCC 3
Entick v. Carrington (1765) 19 State Tr 1029
Foundation for Media Professionals v. Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir (2020) 5 SCC 746
Francis Coralie Mullin v. Administrator, Union Territory of Delhi (1981) 1 SCC 608
Gobind v. State of Madhya Pradesh (1975) 2 SCC 148
Golak Nath v. State of Punjab AIR 1967 SC 1643
Government of NCT of Delhi v. Union of India (2018) 8 SCC 501
Hamdard Dawakhana v. Union of India AIR 1960 SC 554
I.R. Coelho v. State of Tamil Nadu (2007) 2 SCC 1
In re Berubari Union AIR 1960 SC 845
In re Delhi Laws Act AIR 1951 SC 332
In re Kerala Education Bill AIR 1958 SC 956
Indian Express Newspapers v. Union of India (1985) 1 SCC 641
Indian Hotel and Restaurant Association v. State of Maharashtra (2019) 3 SCC 429
Indian Young Lawyers Association v. State of Kerala (Sabarimala) (2019) 11 SCC 1
Indira Nehru Gandhi v. Raj Narain 1975 Supp SCC 1
Indra Sawhney v. Union of India 1992 Supp (3) SCC 217
Jaishri Laxmanrao Patil v. Chief Minister, Maharashtra (2021) 8 SCC 1
Janhit Abhiyan v. Union of India (2023) 5 SCC 1
Jarnail Singh v. Lachhmi Narain Gupta (2018) 10 SCC 396
John Vallamattom v. Union of India (2003) 6 SCC 611
K.C. Gajapati Narayan Deo v. State of Orissa AIR 1953 SC 375
K.S. Puttaswamy v. Union of India (2017) 10 SCC 1
Kaushal Kishor v. State of Uttar Pradesh (2023) 4 SCC 1
Kesavananda Bharati v. State of Kerala (1973) 4 SCC 225
Keshavan Madhava Menon v. State of Bombay AIR 1951 SC 128
Kharak Singh v. State of Uttar Pradesh AIR 1963 SC 1295
Kihoto Hollohan v. Zachillhu 1992 Supp (2) SCC 651
L. Chandra Kumar v. Union of India (1997) 3 SCC 261
M. Nagaraj v. Union of India (2006) 8 SCC 212
Madhav Rao Scindia v. Union of India (1971) 1 SCC 85
Maneka Gandhi v. Union of India (1978) 1 SCC 248
Manoj Narula v. Union of India (2014) 9 SCC 1
Marbury v. Madison 5 U.S. 137 (1803)
Minerva Mills v. Union of India (1980) 3 SCC 625
Mohd. Hanif Quareshi v. State of Bihar AIR 1958 SC 731
Mohini Jain v. State of Karnataka (1992) 3 SCC 666
Nabam Rebia v. Deputy Speaker, Arunachal Pradesh (2016) 8 SCC 1
National Legal Services Authority v. Union of India (2014) 5 SCC 438
Navtej Singh Johar v. Union of India (2018) 10 SCC 1
Naz Foundation v. Government of NCT of Delhi (2009) 160 DLT 277
Nilabati Behera v. State of Orissa (1993) 2 SCC 746
Olga Tellis v. Bombay Municipal Corporation (1985) 3 SCC 545
People's Union for Civil Liberties v. Union of India (1997) 1 SCC 301
Pradeep Kumar Biswas v. Indian Institute of Chemical Biology (2002) 5 SCC 111
Pravasi Bhalai Sangathan v. Union of India (2014) 11 SCC 477
R (Miller) v. Prime Minister [2019] UKSC 41
R. Rajagopal v. State of Tamil Nadu (1994) 6 SCC 632
R.M.D. Chamarbaugwalla v. Union of India AIR 1957 SC 628
Rai Sahib Ram Jawaya Kapur v. State of Punjab AIR 1955 SC 549
Raja Ram Pal v. Speaker, Lok Sabha (2007) 3 SCC 184
Ram Manohar Lohia v. State of Bihar AIR 1966 SC 740
Rameshwar Prasad v. Union of India (2006) 2 SCC 1
Ramlila Maidan Incident, In re (2012) 5 SCC 1
Roe v. Wade and Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization 410 U.S. 113 (1973); 597 U.S. 215 (2022)
Rojer Mathew v. South Indian Bank (2020) 6 SCC 1
Romesh Thappar v. State of Madras AIR 1950 SC 124
Rudul Sah v. State of Bihar (1983) 4 SCC 141
Rustom Cavasjee Cooper v. Union of India (1970) 1 SCC 248
S. Rangarajan v. P. Jagjivan Ram (1989) 2 SCC 574
S.P. Gupta v. Union of India 1981 Supp SCC 87
S.R. Bommai v. Union of India (1994) 3 SCC 1
Sajjan Singh v. State of Rajasthan AIR 1965 SC 845
Sakal Papers v. Union of India AIR 1962 SC 305
Samsher Singh v. State of Punjab (1974) 2 SCC 831
Sarbananda Sonowal v. Union of India (2005) 5 SCC 665
Secretary, Ministry of Defence v. Babita Puniya (2020) 7 SCC 469
Shankari Prasad v. Union of India AIR 1951 SC 458
Shantistar Builders v. Narayan Khimalal Totame (1990) 1 SCC 520
Som Prakash Rekhi v. Union of India (1981) 1 SCC 449
Special Reference No. 1 of 1964 (Keshav Singh) AIR 1965 SC 745
St. Stephen's College v. University of Delhi (1992) 1 SCC 558
State of Bombay v. F.N. Balsara AIR 1951 SC 318
State of Kerala v. N.M. Thomas (1976) 2 SCC 310
State of Madras v. Champakam Dorairajan AIR 1951 SC 226
State of Rajasthan v. Union of India (1977) 3 SCC 592
State of Uttar Pradesh v. Raj Narain (1975) 4 SCC 428
State of West Bengal v. Anwar Ali Sarkar AIR 1952 SC 75
State of West Bengal v. Committee for Protection of Democratic Rights (2010) 3 SCC 571
Sukhdev Singh v. Bhagatram Sardar Singh Raghuvanshi (1975) 1 SCC 421
Superintendent, Central Prison v. Ram Manohar Lohia AIR 1960 SC 633
Supreme Court Advocates on Record Association v. Union of India (1993) 4 SCC 441
Supreme Court Advocates on Record Association v. Union of India (NJAC) (2016) 5 SCC 1
Suresh Kumar Koushal v. Naz Foundation (2014) 1 SCC 1
Swaraj Abhiyan v. Union of India (2016) 7 SCC 498
T.M.A. Pai Foundation v. State of Karnataka (2002) 8 SCC 481
Tata Press v. Mahanagar Telephone Nigam (1995) 5 SCC 139
Union of India v. R. Gandhi (Madras Bar Association) (2010) 11 SCC 1
Unni Krishnan v. State of Andhra Pradesh (1993) 1 SCC 645
Waman Rao v. Union of India (1981) 2 SCC 362
Zee Telefilms v. Union of India (2005) 4 SCC 649

11 Consumer law

Indian Medical Association v. V.P. Shantha (1995) 6 SCC 651
Lucknow Development Authority v. M.K. Gupta (1994) 1 SCC 243

12 Contempt of court

In re Prashant Bhushan (2021) 1 SCC 745
In re Vinay Chandra Mishra (1995) 2 SCC 584

13 Contract law

Bhagwandas Goverdhandas Kedia v. Girdharilal Parshottamdas AIR 1966 SC 543
Carlill v. Carbolic Smoke Ball Co. [1893] 1 QB 256
Central Inland Water Transport Corporation v. Brojo Nath Ganguly (1986) 3 SCC 156
Energy Watchdog v. Central Electricity Regulatory Commission (2017) 14 SCC 80
Fateh Chand v. Balkishan Dass AIR 1963 SC 1405
Felthouse v. Bindley (1862) 11 CB (NS) 869
Gherulal Parakh v. Mahadeodas Maiya AIR 1959 SC 781
Hadley v. Baxendale (1854) 9 Exch 341
Kailash Nath Associates v. Delhi Development Authority (2015) 4 SCC 136
Krell v. Henry [1903] 2 KB 740
Lalman Shukla v. Gauri Dutt (1913) 11 ALJ 489
Mohori Bibee v. Dharmodas Ghose (1903) ILR 30 Cal 539 (PC)
Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain v. Boots [1953] 1 QB 401
Satyabrata Ghose v. Mugneeram Bangur and Co. AIR 1954 SC 44
Smith v. Hughes (1871) LR 6 QB 597
Tarsem Singh v. Sukhminder Singh (1998) 3 SCC 471
Taylor v. Caldwell (1863) 3 B and S 826

14 Corporate law

Delhi Development Authority v. Skipper Construction (1996) 4 SCC 622
Life Insurance Corporation v. Escorts (1986) 1 SCC 264
Salomon v. A. Salomon and Co. Ltd. [1897] AC 22
Tata Sons v. Cyrus Investments (2021) 9 SCC 449

15 Court access

Swapnil Tripathi v. Supreme Court of India (2018) 10 SCC 639

16 Criminal and constitutional law

Joseph Shine v. Union of India (2019) 3 SCC 39

17 Criminal and medical law

Jacob Mathew v. State of Punjab (2005) 6 SCC 1

18 Criminal justice

Delhi Domestic Working Women's Forum v. Union of India (1995) 1 SCC 14
Hussainara Khatoon v. Home Secretary, State of Bihar (1980) 1 SCC 81
Laxmi v. Union of India (2014) 4 SCC 427
M.H. Hoskot v. State of Maharashtra (1978) 3 SCC 544
Mahender Chawla v. Union of India (2019) 14 SCC 615
Prakash Singh v. Union of India (2006) 8 SCC 1
Prem Shankar Shukla v. Delhi Administration (1980) 3 SCC 526
R.D. Upadhyay v. State of Andhra Pradesh (2007) 15 SCC 337
Rama Murthy v. State of Karnataka (1997) 2 SCC 642
Re: Inhuman Conditions in 1382 Prisons (2016) 3 SCC 700
Shakti Vahini v. Union of India (2018) 7 SCC 192
Sheela Barse v. State of Maharashtra (1983) 2 SCC 96
Sunil Batra v. Delhi Administration (1978) 4 SCC 494
Tehseen S. Poonawalla v. Union of India (2018) 9 SCC 501
Vineet Narain v. Union of India (1998) 1 SCC 226
Zahira Habibulla H. Sheikh v. State of Gujarat (2004) 4 SCC 158

19 Criminal law

Abhayanand Mishra v. State of Bihar AIR 1961 SC 1698
Amish Devgan v. Union of India (2021) 1 SCC 1
Bachan Singh v. State of Punjab (1980) 2 SCC 684
Balwant Singh v. State of Punjab (1995) 3 SCC 214
Barendra Kumar Ghosh v. Emperor AIR 1925 PC 1
Basdev v. State of PEPSU AIR 1956 SC 488
Bodhisattwa Gautam v. Subhra Chakraborty (1996) 1 SCC 490
Deena Dayal v. Union of India (1983) 4 SCC 645
Independent Thought v. Union of India (2017) 10 SCC 800
K.M. Nanavati v. State of Maharashtra AIR 1962 SC 605
Kartar Singh v. State of Punjab (1994) 3 SCC 569
Kedar Nath Singh v. State of Bihar AIR 1962 SC 955
Kehar Singh v. State (Delhi Administration) (1988) 3 SCC 609
M'Naghten's Case (1843) 10 Cl and F 200
Machhi Singh v. State of Punjab (1983) 3 SCC 470
Mahbub Shah v. Emperor AIR 1945 PC 118
Mithu v. State of Punjab (1983) 2 SCC 277
Mohd. Ajmal Amir Kasab v. State of Maharashtra (2012) 9 SCC 1
Mukesh v. State (NCT of Delhi) (2017) 6 SCC 1
Nathulal v. State of Madhya Pradesh AIR 1966 SC 43
Nipun Saxena v. Union of India (2019) 2 SCC 703
R v. Dudley and Stephens (1884) 14 QBD 273
R v. Woollin [1999] 1 AC 82
Reg. v. Govinda (1876) ILR 1 Bom 342
S.G. Vombatkere v. Union of India (2022) 7 SCC 433
Sanjay Dutt v. State (1994) 5 SCC 410
Santosh Kumar Satishbhushan Bariyar v. State of Maharashtra (2009) 6 SCC 498
Sharad Birdhichand Sarda v. State of Maharashtra (1984) 4 SCC 116
Shatrughan Chauhan v. Union of India (2014) 3 SCC 1
State (NCT of Delhi) v. Navjot Sandhu (2005) 11 SCC 600
State of Maharashtra v. Madhukar Narayan Mardikar (1991) 1 SCC 57
State of Maharashtra v. Mayer Hans George AIR 1965 SC 722
State of Punjab v. Dalbir Singh (2012) 3 SCC 346
State of Punjab v. Gurmit Singh (1996) 2 SCC 384
Subramanian Swamy v. Director, CBI (2014) 8 SCC 682
Subramanian Swamy v. Union of India (2016) 7 SCC 221
Sushil Kumar Sharma v. Union of India (2005) 6 SCC 281
Triveniben v. State of Gujarat (1989) 1 SCC 678
Tukaram v. State of Maharashtra (Mathura case) (1979) 2 SCC 143
Virsa Singh v. State of Punjab AIR 1958 SC 465

20 Criminal procedure

Arnab Manoranjan Goswami v. Union of India (2020) 14 SCC 12
Arnesh Kumar v. State of Bihar (2014) 8 SCC 273
D.K. Basu v. State of West Bengal (1997) 1 SCC 416
Gian Singh v. State of Punjab (2012) 10 SCC 303
Gideon v. Wainwright 372 U.S. 335 (1963)
Gurbaksh Singh Sibbia v. State of Punjab (1980) 2 SCC 565
Joginder Kumar v. State of Uttar Pradesh (1994) 4 SCC 260
Lalita Kumari v. Government of Uttar Pradesh (2014) 2 SCC 1
Miranda v. Arizona 384 U.S. 436 (1966)
Mohd. Arif v. Registrar, Supreme Court of India (2014) 9 SCC 737
Nandini Satpathy v. P.L. Dani (1978) 2 SCC 424
Sanjay Chandra v. Central Bureau of Investigation (2012) 1 SCC 40
Satender Kumar Antil v. Central Bureau of Investigation (2022) 10 SCC 51
Selvi v. State of Karnataka (2010) 7 SCC 263
Shabnam v. Union of India (2015) 6 SCC 702
State of Haryana v. Bhajan Lal 1992 Supp (1) SCC 335
Sushila Aggarwal v. State (NCT of Delhi) (2020) 5 SCC 1

21 Cyber law

Google India v. Visakha Industries (2020) 4 SCC 162
Sabu Mathew George v. Union of India (2018) 3 SCC 229
Shreya Singhal v. Union of India (2015) 5 SCC 1

22 Dispute resolution

Afcons Infrastructure v. Cherian Varkey Construction (2010) 8 SCC 24

23 Education law

Pramati Educational and Cultural Trust v. Union of India (2014) 8 SCC 1
Society for Unaided Private Schools of Rajasthan v. Union of India (2012) 6 SCC 1

24 Election law

Anoop Baranwal v. Union of India (2023) 6 SCC 161
Kuldip Nayar v. Union of India (2006) 7 SCC 1
Lily Thomas v. Union of India (Disqualification of Legislators) (2013) 7 SCC 653
Lok Prahari v. Union of India (2018) 4 SCC 699
Mohinder Singh Gill v. Chief Election Commissioner (1978) 1 SCC 405
N.P. Ponnuswami v. Returning Officer, Namakkal AIR 1952 SC 64
People's Union for Civil Liberties v. Union of India (NOTA) (2013) 10 SCC 1
People's Union for Civil Liberties v. Union of India (Voters' Right to Know) (2003) 4 SCC 399
Public Interest Foundation v. Union of India (2019) 3 SCC 224
Rambabu Singh Thakur v. Sunil Arora (2020) 3 SCC 733
Union of India v. Association for Democratic Reforms (2002) 5 SCC 294

25 Environmental law

A.P. Pollution Control Board v. Prof. M.V. Nayudu (1999) 2 SCC 718
Arjun Gopal v. Union of India (2017) 1 SCC 412
Centre for Environmental Law, WWF India v. Union of India (Asiatic Lion) (2013) 8 SCC 234
Hinch Lal Tiwari v. Kamala Devi (2001) 6 SCC 496
Indian Council for Enviro Legal Action v. Union of India (1996) 3 SCC 212
Lafarge Umiam Mining v. Union of India (2011) 7 SCC 338
M.C. Mehta v. Kamal Nath (1997) 1 SCC 388
M.C. Mehta v. Union of India (Kanpur Tanneries) (1987) 4 SCC 463
M.C. Mehta v. Union of India (Taj Trapezium) (1997) 2 SCC 353
Narmada Bachao Andolan v. Union of India (2000) 10 SCC 664
Orissa Mining Corporation v. Ministry of Environment and Forests (Niyamgiri) (2013) 6 SCC 476
Rural Litigation and Entitlement Kendra v. State of Uttar Pradesh (1985) 2 SCC 431
Subhash Kumar v. State of Bihar (1991) 1 SCC 598
T.N. Godavarman Thirumulpad v. Union of India (1997) 2 SCC 267
Vellore Citizens' Welfare Forum v. Union of India (1996) 5 SCC 647

26 Evidence

Anvar P.V. v. P.K. Basheer (2014) 10 SCC 473
Arjun Panditrao Khotkar v. Kailash Kushanrao Gorantyal (2020) 7 SCC 1
Bipin Shantilal Panchal v. State of Gujarat (2001) 3 SCC 1
Pakala Narayana Swami v. Emperor AIR 1939 PC 47
Shafhi Mohammad v. State of Himachal Pradesh (2018) 2 SCC 801
State of Bombay v. Kathi Kalu Oghad AIR 1961 SC 1808
Tahsildar Singh v. State of Uttar Pradesh AIR 1959 SC 1012
Tomaso Bruno v. State of Uttar Pradesh (2015) 7 SCC 178

27 Family and criminal law

Lily Thomas v. Union of India (Bigamy by Conversion) (2000) 6 SCC 224

28 Family law

ABC v. State (NCT of Delhi) (2015) 10 SCC 1
Amardeep Singh v. Harveen Kaur (2017) 8 SCC 746
Badshah v. Urmila Badshah Godse (2014) 1 SCC 188
Bai Tahira v. Ali Hussain Fidaalli Chothia (1979) 2 SCC 316
Chanmuniya v. Virendra Kumar Singh Kushwaha (2011) 1 SCC 141
D. Velusamy v. D. Patchaiammal (2010) 10 SCC 469
Danamma v. Amar (2018) 3 SCC 343
Danial Latifi v. Union of India (2001) 7 SCC 740
Githa Hariharan v. Reserve Bank of India (1999) 2 SCC 228
Gurupad Khandappa Magdum v. Hirabai Khandappa Magdum (1978) 3 SCC 383
Indra Sarma v. V.K.V. Sarma (2013) 15 SCC 755
K. Srinivas Rao v. D.A. Deepa (2013) 5 SCC 226
Lata Singh v. State of Uttar Pradesh (2006) 5 SCC 475
Mary Roy v. State of Kerala (1986) 2 SCC 209
Mohd. Ahmed Khan v. Shah Bano Begum (1985) 2 SCC 556
Naveen Kohli v. Neelu Kohli (2006) 4 SCC 558
Prakash v. Phulavati (2016) 2 SCC 36
Rajnesh v. Neha (2021) 2 SCC 324
Samar Ghosh v. Jaya Ghosh (2007) 4 SCC 511
Sarla Mudgal v. Union of India (1995) 3 SCC 635
Seema v. Ashwani Kumar (2006) 2 SCC 578
Shafin Jahan v. Asokan K.M. (2018) 16 SCC 368
Shamim Ara v. State of Uttar Pradesh (2002) 7 SCC 518
Shayara Bano v. Union of India (2017) 9 SCC 1
V. Tulasamma v. Sesha Reddi (1977) 3 SCC 99
Vineeta Sharma v. Rakesh Sharma (2020) 9 SCC 1

29 Gender and labour law

Vishaka v. State of Rajasthan (1997) 6 SCC 241

30 Human rights

Kishen Pattnayak v. State of Orissa 1989 Supp (1) SCC 258
Upendra Baxi v. State of Uttar Pradesh (1983) 2 SCC 308
Vikram Deo Singh Tomar v. State of Bihar 1988 Supp SCC 734

31 Insolvency law

ArcelorMittal India v. Satish Kumar Gupta (2019) 2 SCC 1
Committee of Creditors of Essar Steel v. Satish Kumar Gupta (2020) 8 SCC 531
Innoventive Industries v. ICICI Bank (2018) 1 SCC 407
Mobilox Innovations v. Kirusa Software (2018) 1 SCC 353
Pioneer Urban Land v. Union of India (2019) 8 SCC 416
Swiss Ribbons v. Union of India (2019) 4 SCC 17

32 Intellectual property

Amar Nath Sehgal v. Union of India (2005) 30 PTC 253 (Del)
Cadila Health Care v. Cadila Pharmaceuticals (2001) 5 SCC 73
Eastern Book Company v. D.B. Modak (2008) 1 SCC 1
Indian Performing Right Society v. Eastern Indian Motion Pictures Association (1977) 2 SCC 820
Novartis AG v. Union of India (2013) 6 SCC 1
R.G. Anand v. Delux Films (1978) 4 SCC 118
Satyam Infoway v. Sifynet Solutions (2004) 6 SCC 145
University of Oxford v. Rameshwari Photocopy Services (2016) 235 DLT 409
Yahoo! Inc. v. Akash Arora (1999) 19 PTC 201 (Del)

33 Interpretation

Heydon's Case (1584) 3 Co Rep 7a
Pepper v. Hart [1993] AC 593

34 Juvenile justice

Munna v. State of Uttar Pradesh (1982) 1 SCC 545
Sheela Barse v. Union of India (1986) 3 SCC 596

35 Labour law

Apparel Export Promotion Council v. A.K. Chopra (1999) 1 SCC 759
Bandhua Mukti Morcha v. Union of India (1984) 3 SCC 161
Bangalore Water Supply and Sewerage Board v. A. Rajappa (1978) 2 SCC 213
Consumer Education and Research Centre v. Union of India (1995) 3 SCC 42
Delhi Transport Corporation v. D.T.C. Mazdoor Congress 1991 Supp (1) SCC 600
Medha Kotwal Lele v. Union of India (2013) 1 SCC 297
People's Union for Democratic Rights v. Union of India (Asiad Workers) (1982) 3 SCC 235

36 Legal profession

Bar Council of India v. A.K. Balaji (2018) 5 SCC 379
Ex. Capt. Harish Uppal v. Union of India (2003) 2 SCC 45
Indira Jaising v. Secretary General, Supreme Court (2017) 9 SCC 766
R.K. Anand v. Registrar, Delhi High Court (2009) 8 SCC 106

37 Media law

New York Times Co. v. Sullivan 376 U.S. 254 (1964)
Sahara India Real Estate Corporation v. SEBI (2012) 10 SCC 603

38 Medical law

Aruna Ramchandra Shanbaug v. Union of India (2011) 4 SCC 454
Parmanand Katara v. Union of India (1989) 4 SCC 286
Paschim Banga Khet Mazdoor Samity v. State of West Bengal (1996) 4 SCC 37

39 Property and constitutional law

M. Siddiq v. Mahant Suresh Das (Ayodhya) (2020) 1 SCC 1

40 Property law

Ravinder Kaur Grewal v. Manjit Kaur (2019) 8 SCC 729
Suraj Lamp and Industries v. State of Haryana (2012) 1 SCC 656

41 Right to information

Central Board of Secondary Education v. Aditya Bandopadhyay (2011) 8 SCC 497
Central Public Information Officer, Supreme Court v. Subhash Chandra Agarwal (2020) 5 SCC 481
Girish Ramchandra Deshpande v. Central Information Commissioner (2013) 1 SCC 212
Thalappalam Service Co-operative Bank v. State of Kerala (2013) 16 SCC 82

42 Securities law

Sahara India Real Estate Corporation v. SEBI (OFCD) (2013) 1 SCC 1

43 Sports law

Board of Control for Cricket in India v. Cricket Association of Bihar (2016) 8 SCC 535

44 Tax law

McDowell and Co. v. Commercial Tax Officer (1985) 3 SCC 230
Union of India v. Azadi Bachao Andolan (2004) 10 SCC 1
Vodafone International Holdings v. Union of India (2012) 6 SCC 613

45 Technology law

Internet and Mobile Association of India v. Reserve Bank of India (2020) 10 SCC 274

46 Torts

Ashby v. White (1703) 2 Ld Raym 938
Caparo Industries v. Dickman [1990] 2 AC 605
Charan Lal Sahu v. Union of India (1990) 1 SCC 613
Donoghue v. Stevenson [1932] AC 562
Gloucester Grammar School Case (1410) YB 11 Hen IV
Hedley Byrne and Co. v. Heller and Partners [1964] AC 465
Kasturilal Ralia Ram Jain v. State of Uttar Pradesh AIR 1965 SC 1039
Rylands v. Fletcher (1868) LR 3 HL 330
State of Rajasthan v. Vidyawati AIR 1962 SC 933
Union Carbide Corporation v. Union of India (1991) 4 SCC 584

47 Torts and environmental law

M.C. Mehta v. Union of India (Oleum Gas Leak) (1987) 1 SCC 395