REVISED LIST OF LEADING CASES

13th December 2005 Supreme Court Advocates on Record Exam 2012

The State of West Bengal v. Anwar Ali Sarkar 1 (1952) SCR 284 The Commissioner, Hindu Religious Endowments, Madras v. Sri Lakshmindra Tirtha 2 Swamiar of Sri Shirur Matt (1954) SCR 1005 In Re The Kerala Education Bill, 1957 - Reference under Article 143(1) of the Constitution of India (1959) SCR 995 T.M.A. Pai Foundation v. State of Karnataka 3B (2002) Suppl. 3 SCR 587 :: P.A. Inamdar v. State of Maharashtra 3C (2005) 6 SCC 537 Pandit M.S.M Sharma v. Shree Krishna Sinha & Others 4A (1959) Suppl. 1 SCR 806 Peoples Union for Civil Liberties (PUCL) & Anr v. Union of India & Anr 4B (2003) 2 SCR 491 The Automobile Transport (Rajasthan) Ltd. v. State of Rajasthan & Ors (& connected 5 appeals) 1963(1) SCR 491 State Trading Corporation of India v. The Commercial Tax Officer Vishakapatnam 6 (1964) 4 SCR 99
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In Re. Keshav Singh (Special Reference No. 1 of 1964) 7 (1965) 1 SCR 413 Naresh Shridhar Mirajkar v. State of Maharashtra 8 (1996) 3 SCR 744 Golaknath v. State of Punjab 9 (1967) 2 SCR 762 Rustom Cowasjee Cooper v. Union of India 10 (1970) 3 SCR 530 H.H. Maharajajadhiraja Madhav Rao Jiwaji Rao v. Union of India 11 (1971) 3 SCR 9 Keshavananda Bharati Sripadgulavaru v. State of Kerala 12A (1973) Supp SCR 1 S.R. Bommai v. Union of India 12B (1994) 2 SCR 644 L.Chandra Kumar v. Union of India 12C (1997) 2 SCR 1186 Indira Nehru Gandhi v. Raj Narain 12D (1976) 2 SCR 347 Minerva Mills v. Union of India 12E (1981) 1 SCR 206 Waman Rao v. Union of India 12F (1981) 2 SCR 1 Samsher Singh v. State of Punjab 13 (1975) 1 SCR 338

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ADM Jabalpur v. Shiv Kant Shukla 14 (1976) Suppl. SCR 172 R.S. Joshi v. Ajit Mills 15 (1978) 1 SCR 338 Trustees for the Improvement of Calcutta v. Chandra Sekhar Mallick 16 (1978) 1 SCR 136 Bangalore Water Supply & Sewerage Board v. A. Rajappa 17 (1978) 3 SCR 207 Madan Mohan Pathak v. Union of India 18 (1978) 3 SCR 334 State of Karnataka v. Union of India 19 (1978) 2 SCR 1 Maneka Gandhi v. Union of India 20 (1978) 2 SCR 621 In. Re. The Special Courts Bill, 1978 21 (1979) 2 SCR 476 S.P. Gupta v. Union of India 22 (1982) 2 SCR 365 M C Mehta v. Union of India 23 (1987) 1 SCR 319 A.R. Antulay v. R.S. Nayak 24A (1988) Suppl. 1 SCR 1 Rupa Ashok Hurra v. Ashok Hurra & Anr. 24B (2002) 2 SCR 1006

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Synthetics & Chemicals Ltd. v. State of U.P. 25 (1989) Suppl. 1 SCR 623 Indira Sawhney v. Union of India 26 (1992) Suppl. 2 SCR 454 Supreme Court Advocates on Record Association v. Union of India 27 (1993) Suppl. 2 SCR 659 Mafatlal Industries v. Union of India 28 (1996) Suppl. SCR 585 New Delhi Municipal Council v. State of Punjab 29 (1996) Suppl. 10 SCR 472 Vishaka v. State of Rajasthan 30 (1997) Suppl. 3 SCR 404 Supreme Court Bar Association v. Union of India 31 (1998) 2 SCR 870 P.V. Narasimha Rao v. State (CBI/SPE) 32 (1998) 2 SCR 870 Special Reference No. 1 of 1998 33 (1998) 2 SCR 400 Dr. Preeti Srivastava & Anr. v. The State of Madhya Pradesh 34 (1999) Suppl. 1 SCR 249 State of Maharashtra v. Milind & Others 35 (2000) Suppl. 5 SCR 65 E.S. Rajaram v. Union of India 36 (2001) 1 SCR 203

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M/s. Somalya Organics (India) Ltd. v. State of U.P 37 (2001) 3 SCR 33 B.R. Kapur v. State of Tamil Nadu 38 (2001) Suppl. 3 SCR 191 In Re: Arundati Roy - Contemnor 39 (2002) 2 SCR 213 P. Rama Chandra Rao v. State of Karnataka 40 (2002) 3 SCR 60 Pradeep Kumar Biswas v. Indian Institute of Chemical Biology 41 (2002) 3 SCR 100 Special Reference No. 1 of 2002 42 (2002) Suppl. 3 SCR 366 The State of West Bengal v. Kesoram Industries Ltd 43 (2004) 1 SCR 564 Standard Chartered Bank v. Directorate of Enforcement 44 (2005) 4 SCC 530 State of Gujarat v. Mirzapur Moti Kureshi Kassab Jamat & Ors. 45 (2005) 8 SCC 534 S.B.P. & Co. v. Patel Engineering Ltd 46 (2005) 8 SCC 618

Note (for item Nos. 12E & 12F): e correctness of these judgments have been referred to a larger bench preferably of nine Judges in I.R. Coelho (Dead) by LRs v. State of Tamil Nadu (1999) Suppl.2 SCR 394 Note (for item No. 17): e correctness of the interpretation of the word Industry in this case stands referred to a larger bench in State of U.P. v. Jal Bir Singh (2005) 5 SCC 1

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