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TABLE OF CASES
INTERNATIONAL CASES
Legality of the threat or use of nuclear weapons, ILM35 (1996), 809 23, 31, 45, 46, 47,
51, 52, 58, 74, 234
Corfu channel case,(1949) ICJrep., p.4, at 22. 49, 63, 234
Military and paramilitary activities in and against Nicaragua, (1986) 50, 51, 63, 234
ICJ., p.14, atp.98
North sea continental shelf cases (Federal republic of Germany v. 54
Denmark/Netherlands), ICJ reports 1969, pp. 41-42, paras. 71 and
73.
Barcelona traction, light and power company limited (Belgium v. 56
Spain), ICJ reports 1970, p. 32, para. 33.
Case concerning East Timor (Portugal v. Australia), ICJ reports 56
1995, p. 102, para. 29.
The prosecutor v. dusko tadic, of2 October 1995, case no. it-94-1- 145
ar72.
Case concerning application of the Convention on the Prevention and 55, 57, 234, 235
Punishment of the Crime of Genocide (Bosnia-Herzegovina v. Yugoslavia)
(Preliminary objections), ICJ Reports 1996, p. 595.

The Scuttled v-boats case 263

Nuremberg trial 264

Tokyo trial. 271

Peleus trial 272

Eichmann case 273

Mai lai trial 275

Chernigov trial. 276

U.N. war crimes commission to investigate war crimes committed in former 277
Yugoslavia

International tribunalfor Rwanda 283

British soldiers convicted in abuse ofIraqi’s 285

Abu ghraib case trial 286

Three U.K. soldiers face war crime trial. 286

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DOMESTIC CASES

Jolly George Varghese v. Bank of Cochin AIR 1980 SC 470. 202

Maganbhai v. Union of India AIR 1969 SC 783; 202
Shiv Kumar Sharma v. Union ofIndia; AIR 1969 Del. 74 202
Gramophone Company ofIndia Ltd. v. Birendra Bahadur Pandey AIR 1984 SC 667; 202
Civil Rights Vigilance Committee SLRC College of Law Bangalore v. Union of India 202
AIR 1983 Kant. 85.
Francis v. Union Territory AIR 1981 SC 746. 204
Paramanand v. Union of India, AIR 1989 SC 2039. 204
Sher Singh v. State of Punjab, AIR 1983 SC 465. 204
Charles Sobraj v. Superintendent Central Jail Tihar, AIR 1978 SC 1514.
Peoples Union for Democratic Rights v. Union of India, AIR 1982 SC 1473 (Asiad's
Case)
Rev. Mons. Sebastian Francisco Zavier Dos Remedious Monterio v. The State of Goa, 210
AIR 1970 SC 329
Gopal Upadhyaya v. Union ofIndia, AIR 1987 SC 413 214
Major E. G Barsayv. State ofBombay, AIR 1961 SC 1762 215
National Hitman Rights Commission v. State ofArunachal Pradesh reported in (1996) 1 93
Supreme Court Cases 742;
State of Arunachal Pradesh v. Khudiram Chakma reported in (1994) Supp. 1 Supreme 93
Court Cases 615;
Louis De Raedt v. Union ofIndia reported in (1991) 3 Supreme Court Cases 554. 93
S. N. Mukherjee v. Union ofIndia (1990) 4 Supreme Court Cases 594 para. 42. 93
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Latin Maxim

Corpus Juris 22
Jus in bello 22,32
Lex specialis 31
Lex specialis derogate legis generalis 32
Hors de combat 43, 83, 85
Just Cogens 54, 55, 60, 62
Erga omnes 55, 297
Just Cogens Statu nascendi 59
ac belli 59
Temperamenta 62
En masse 58, 85
Lascience positive 103
La philosophie naturelle 103
Nullum crimen sine lege nulla ponea sine lege 274, 290
Nulla Ponea Sine Lega 290
Ne bis in idem 291
Ratione materiae 297
Propria Motu 247