JP Judgments

Question 1

Hussainara Khatoon v. State of Bihar

Answer 1

humane treatment of prisoners

Question 2

Ratlam Municipal Council v. Vardichand

Answer 2

public sanitation

Question 3

Maneka Gandhi v. UOI

Answer 3

procedural fairness

Question 4

Vishaka v. UOI

Answer 4

POSH

Question 5

Keshavananda Bharti

Answer 5

compulsory acquisition of his land, parliament can AA but cannot violate basic structure

Question 6

Article 13

Answer 6

declares that any law which contravenes any of the provisions of the part of the fundamental rights shall be void.

Question 7

Article 32

Answer 7

provides the right to constitutional remedies which means that a person has the right to move to the supreme court for getting his fundamental rights protected

Question 8

Article 226

Answer 8

empowers the high court to issue directions, orders or writs in the nature of habeas corpus, mandamus, quo warranto and certiorari. Such directions, orders or writs may be issued for the enforcement of fundamental rights or any other purpose.

Question 9

Shankari Prasad v. Union of India

Answer 9

1st amendment act of 1951 challenged- Right to property abridged-SC held S368 gave powers and held it valid

Question 10

Golaknath v. State of Punjab

Answer 10

1st, 4th and 17th amendments challenged, SC held S368 gave no powers and held invalid, AAs=law

Question 11

Minerva mills v. Union of India

Answer 11

Mill taken over by National Textile Corp Lim., challenged, 42nd AA of CoI also challenged (where AA cannot be challenged and AA power could not be limited), former dismissed, latter held unconstitutional

Question 12

24th AA

Answer 12

affirmed P’s authority after Golaknath decision

Question 13

25th AA

Answer 13

overturned Bank nationalisation case, DP > FR

Question 14

29th AA

Answer 14

Land reform laws which eventually paved way for keshavananda

Question 15

38th AA

Answer 15

Emergency cannot be challenged

Question 16

39th AA

Answer 16

election of PM, speaker, Prez and VP cannot be challenged

Question 17

Bank Nationalisation case

Answer 17

14 banks proposed to be nationalised through act challenged, held violative of A14

Question 18

ADM Jabalpur v. Shivkant Shukla

Answer 18

MISA challenged, held that A21 cannot be challenged for this

Question 19

42nd AA

Answer 19

socialist secular integrity inserted, FDs, attempted to reduce power of courts

Question 20

43rd and 44th AA

Answer 20

restores civil liberties, internal disturbance changed to armed rebellion, RtProp only legal right, preventive detention only max 3 months, emergency only on written advice

Question 21

IR Coelho v. State of Tamil Nadu

Answer 21

JR if:
(i) violates FRs
(ii) violates basic structure

Question 22

Duration

Answer 22

Temp vs Permanent

Question 23

Method

Answer 23

Mandatory vs Directory

Question 24

Object

Answer 24

Codifying vs Consolidating vs Declaratory vs Remedial

Question 25

Extent of Application

Answer 25

Public vs Private

Question 26

Rules of SI

Answer 26

- In tune with object - Carry out leg intent - No retrospective effect - Cannot modify to deficiency of statute

Question 27

Ram Narain v. UP

Answer 27

"circumstances" means financial situation, not residence

Question 28

S Gopal Reddy v. Andhra

Answer 28

not just receiving dowry but also demanding dowry is prohibited

Question 29

Kenyon v. Eastwood

Answer 29

"Open Court"

Question 30

MV Joshi v. MU Shimpi

Answer 30

butter from curd is still considered butter from milk

Question 31

Lee v. Knapp

Answer 31

driver shall 'stop' after accident- more than pause

Question 32

Day v. Simpson

Answer 32

'on stage' also includes those below stage

Question 33

Ramavtar v. Assistant Sales Officer

Answer 33

'betel leaves' not = vegetable

Question 34

Tarlochan Dev Sharma v. State of Punjab

Answer 34

abuse of power thru intentional wrong, not honest mistake

Question 35

Smith v. Hughes

Answer 35

solicitation of prostitutions from street vs balcony

Question 36

Kanwar Singh v. Delhi Administration

Answer 36

temporary loss of ownership of cattle was still "abandonement"

Question 37

Carter v. Bradbeer

Answer 37

"include" bar

Question 38

Bengal Immunity Co. Ltd. v. State of Bihar

Answer 38

marginal notes counted

Question 39

Farmers’ Bank of Feyetteville v. Hale

Answer 39

if an exception in a statute is inconsistent with the main body of the act the exception is void

Question 40

Mangoo Singh v. Election Tribunal

Answer 40

before election had to pay "demands", held that "Demands" meant taxes and not just things asked/due

Question 41

Commissioner of Income Tax v. S R Brothers

Answer 41

whether food colours are "dyes" and syrup essences are "scents", how an ordinary person would deal with them

Question 42

Aswini Kumar v. Arbinda Bose

Answer 42

Statement of Objects and Reasons not admissible as aid

Question 43

K. P. Varghese v. Income Tax Officer

Answer 43

Speech by mover of the bill can be referred to find out the mischief

Question 44

Contemporanea expositio est fortissima in lege

Answer 44

contemporaneous exposition is the best and strongest in law

Question 45

Antulay v. Nayak

Answer 45

contemporanea expositio, MLA not public servant

Question 46

N Suresh Nathan v. Union of India

Answer 46

"3 years of service since attaining degree" in executive practice of "3 years since the date of obtaining degree" held by court

Question 47

India Carbon Ltd. v. Superintendent of Taxes

Answer 47

"coal in all its forms" includes petroleum coke, weight to generality

Question 48

Commissioners v. Savoy Hotel

Answer 48

"manufactured beverages including fruits juices" clearly doesn't include fruit juice, noscitur a sociis

Question 49

State of Karnataka v. U.O.I

Answer 49

"powers of a house of legislature" clearly means powers for conduct of its business and not legislative power, noscitur a sociis

Question 50

Jiyaji Rao Cotton Mills Ltd. v. MP Electricity Board

Answer 50

there has to be a clear genus for application of esjudem generis

Question 50

Jiyaji Rao Cotton Mills Ltd. v. MP Electricity Board

Answer 50

there has to be a clear genus for application of esjudem generis

Question 51

Treatment of General Words

Answer 51

- General - Noscitur a Sociis - Rule of Esjudem Generis - Words of Rank - Reddend Singula Singulis