HOLIDAY HOMEWORK

GRADE XII
(2021-2022)
LEGAL STUDIES

PROJECT MAKING:

➢ This is in addition to Grade XI Project work. There had been change in the
curriculum and in Grade XII also you will have to carry forward the concept of
OBITER DICTA & RATIO DECENDI.
➢ To select/choose any 5 decided cases related to the curriculum

➢ DETAILS IN THE PROJECT :

The research on the cases must include the following points
a. Name of the case
b. Parties to the case
c. Nature of the case (Civil, criminal or Constitutional)
d. Facts of the case
e. Issues involved
f. Decision/Judgement of the case
➢ In addition to that the below mentioned points need to be discussed as well.

DETAILED ANALYSIS OF THE JUDICIAL CONCEPT BY A CASE LAW

Project should reflect the following segments:

a) Cover Page
b) Acknowledgments
c) List of Contents to cover :
i) Introduction about the Case
ii) Facts
iii) Issue
iv) Relevant legislation
v) Precedents
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 vi) Detailed analysis of the case law applied with
respect to the concept chosen
vii) Relation between the obiter dicta and ratio
decidendi with respect to the judgement given in
the case law chosen
viii) Legal interpretation of the concept chosen with
the present day application in the society (which
could include the advantages of the chosen topic
in the present society)
ix) Conclusion to show how well the concept has
been understood and represented.
(Please Note : Content should be covered under Specific Headings
and Sub Headings as per your own choice)
d) GUIDELINES :
i) Final Project work needs to be hand written
ii) Number of pages to range between 20-25
iii) A typed copy of the same to be submitted in the third
week of October.
iv) Authentic content/ subject matter only will be accepted.
Plagiarised work will be rejected.

LIST OF CASE LAWS

FEW SUGGESTIVE TOPICS FOR PROJECTS :

S.NO. NAME OF THE CASE LAWS

1. Hussainara Khatoon v. State of Bihar, 1979
2. The first Judges case, S.P Gupta v. Union of India, (1981)
3. The Second Judges case, Supreme Court Advocates-on-Record Association v.
Union of India, (1993)
4. Presidential reference (1998)
5. Maneka Gandhi v. Union of India, 1978
6. Keshavanda Bharathi v. State of Kerela, 1973
7. Shanta Bai v. State of Bombay,1958
8. Madam Pillai V. Badar Kali, 1922
9. Balfour v. Balfour, 1919
10. Carlill v. Carbolic Smoke Ball Co.,1893
11. Durga Prasad V. Baldeo,1880
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12. Donoghue v Stevenson,1932
13. Bhopal gas leak disaster of 1984
14. M.C. Mehta v. Shri Ram Foods and Fertilizer Industries,1986
15. Sahoo v. State of U.P.,1965
16. Konkan Railways Corp. Ltd. v. Mehul Construction Co.,2000
17. L Chandra Kumar case,1997
18. M.H. Hoskot v. State of Maharashtra,1978
19. Magan Bhai Patel v Union of India,1969
20. Sheela Barse v Secretary Children's Aid Society,1986
21. Vishaka v State of Rajasthan,1997
22. Habeus Corpus Case, Additional District Magistrate of Jabalpur v. Shiv Kant
Shukla 2,1976
23. Oliga Tellis v. Bombay Municipal Corporation,1986
24. Kharak Singh v. State of Uttar Pradesh, 1963
25. A.K. Gopalan v. State of Madras, 1950

2. Complete all the assignments uploaded on MS Team/Amitranet with

respect to the above mentioned chapters.