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Indian Independence Act, 1947

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IN RE: ARTICLE 370 OF THE CONSTITUTIONversus.

2023 INSC 1058Disposed off

The President of India issued Constitutional Orders 272 and 273, which applied the entire Constitution of India to the State of Jammu and Kashmir and abrogated Article 370. Simultaneously, Parliament enacted the Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation Act 2019, bifurcating the State into two Union …

STATE OF KARNATAKA BY ITS CHIEF SECRETARYversusSTATE OF T. N. BY ITS CHIEF SECRETARY [DIPAK MISRA, CJI] 829 THE STATE OF KARNATAKA BY ITS CHIEF SECRETARYSTATE OF TAMIL NADU BY ITS CHIEF SECRETARY & ORS.

2018 INSC 153Disposed off

The Supreme Court adjudicated appeals against the Cauvery Water Disputes Tribunal's 2007 award allocating waters of the inter-State river Cauvery among Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Kerala, and Puducherry. The Court upheld the Tribunal's adoption of the principle of equitable apportionment as recognized in …

STATE OF TAMIL NADUversusSTATE OF KERALA & ANR.

2014 INSC 373Decided Case

The case concerns the Mullaperiyar dam, a masonry dam built on the Periyar River in Kerala but owned and operated by Tamil Nadu. Tamil Nadu filed a suit under Article 131 of the Constitution seeking to enforce its rights under the 1886 lease agreement and to raise the dam’s full reservoir level …

R.J. SHAH AND CO.versusH.P. STATE ELECTRICITY BOARD

2007 INSC 767Disposed off

R.J. Shah appealed to the Himachal Pradesh High Court against a judgment of a single judge of that court, invoking the Letters Patent of the former Lahore High Court under Clause 9/10. The High Court held that the Lahore Letters Patent did not apply to Himachal Pradesh, that no appeal under those …

MAHARAJA KUMAR KHARAK SINGH (DEAD) THOUGH L.RS. ETC.versusSTATE OF PUNJAB

1995 INSC 352Dismissed

The brothers of the former ruler of the princely State of Nabha filed suits in the Patiala Sub‑Judge Court seeking possession of a parcel of land called ‘Bir Bhadson’, relying on a 25 April 1948 letter from Maharaja Pratap Singh that they claimed granted the land to them. The State of Punjab, as the …

ROSILINE GEORGEversusUOI & ORS.

1993 INSC 323Dismissed

George Kutty Kuncheria, an Indian citizen, was arrested in Kerala following a U.S. request for his extradition on charges of embezzlement and related offences. The United States supplied authenticated documents, and the Indian Government ordered a magisterial inquiry under the Extradition Act, 1962. …

RAJ KUMAR RAJINDER SINGHversusSTATE OF HIMACHAL PRADESH AND OTHERS

1990 INSC 209Appeal(s) allowed

The appellant, the second son of the former Raja of Bushahr, claimed ownership of about 1,720 acres of forest land based on a 1942 patta and subsequent grants by his father, the Raja. The State argued that the 1942 lease of the forests to the Punjab Government divested the Raja of any right to grant …

UNION OF INDIA AND ORS.versusSUKUMAR SENGUPTA AND ORS.

1990 INSC 177Disposed off

The case concerned the implementation of the 1974 and 1982 India‑Bangladesh agreements concerning the lease of a small tract of land (Teen Bigha) to enable Bangladesh’s access to its enclaves Dahagram and Angarpota. The petitioners argued that the agreements amounted to a cession of Indian territory …

V. B. RAJUversusUNLON OF INDIA & OTHERS

1980 INSC 170Dismissed

V.B. Raju, an Indian Civil Service officer who later became a High Court Judge, filed a petition seeking two separate pensions—one for his service as an I.C.S. officer and another for his tenure as a judge—under the High Court Judges (Conditions of Service) Act, 1954. The issues centered on the …