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This judgment ensures judges receive the Inquiry Committee’s report before submission to Parliament, upholding judicial review, natural justice, and transparency.
This landmark judgment ruled that religious conversion cannot bypass Hindu monogamy laws. Second marriages in such cases are illegal, emphasizing the need for a Uniform Civil Code.
The Supreme Court upheld press freedom, ruling that publishing truthful information about public officials doesn’t breach privacy, allowing expression unless false or defamatory.
The Supreme Court upheld prosecution of MPs, including P.V. Narasimha Rao, ruling that parliamentary position does not grant immunity from corruption charges under the law.
The Supreme Court held the State liable for custodial deaths, allowing compensation for fundamental rights violations and placing the burden of proof on the State under Article 21.