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Court: Supreme Court of India: Full case name: Deepika Singh versus Central Administrative Tribunal & Ors. Decided: 16 August 2022: Citations: C.A. No 5308/2022: Court membership; Judges sitting: D. Y. Chandrachud, J.; and A. S. Bopanna, J. Case opinions; Atypical families are deserving of equal protection under law and benefits available under ...
The Supreme Court ordered the disputed land to be handed over to a trust to build the Ram Janmabhoomi temple and gave 5 acres of land to the Sunni Waqf Board for a mosque. The verdict ended a long-running legal battle over the site of the demolished Babri Masjid and sparked celebrations and protests across India.
The Supreme Court of India is the highest court of the Republic of India and the final court of appeal for all civil and criminal cases. It consists of the Chief Justice of India and a maximum of 33 judges, and has extensive powers of original, appellate and advisory jurisdictions.
The Supreme Court of India declared transgender people the 'third gender' and granted them fundamental rights and reservations in 2014. The case was filed by the National Legal Services Authority and other petitioners, and the judgement was based on the Expert Committee Report on transgender issues.
The Ayodhya dispute is a long-standing religious and political conflict over a site in Ayodhya, India, claimed by Hindus to be the birthplace of Rama and by Muslims to be the site of a mosque. The dispute has involved court cases, riots, excavations, and a Supreme Court verdict that ordered the land to be handed over to a Hindu trust to build a temple.
A landmark case by the Supreme Court of India in 1981 that laid down a test to determine whether a body was a State for the purposes of Article 12 of the Constitution. The test consisted of six factors, such as state control, monopoly, and public functions.
Learn about the most influential and significant judgements of the Supreme Court of India and high courts on various legal issues. Find out the names, years, and outcomes of the cases that changed the interpretation of existing law and shaped the constitutional jurisprudence of India.
A landmark Supreme Court case on Article 356 of the Constitution of India, which deals with imposition of President's Rule over a state. The case involved S. R. Bommai, former Chief Minister of Karnataka, who challenged the dismissal of his government by the Governor and the President.