MANAV RACHNA INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL

SUMMER HOLIDAY HOME TASK

SESSION: 2022-23
GRADE: XII
SUBJECT: LEGAL STUDIES

The student is required to do a project on ‘Understanding Case Laws’

OBJECTIVES

The project work aims to enable students to:

a) identify a legal problem and provide its remedy

b) select relevant legal sources and conduct research
c) analyse and distinguish between types of cases
d) apply case laws and relevant statutory laws

METHODOLOGY

a) The student is required to select any 3 decided cases related to the curriculum where one
must be civil in nature, one criminal and one constitutional in character.
b) The research on the cases must include the following points:
i) Name of the case
ii) Parties to the case
iii) Citation
iv) Bench
v) Nature of the case (Civil, Criminal or Constitutional)
vi) Facts of the case and issues involved
vii) Arguments of the parties
viii) Decision of the case

PAGES IN SEQUENCE
 COVER PAGE: Title of the Topic must be written.
 PAGE OF CERTIFICATION
 ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
 INDEX
• INTRODUCTION (of the Topic)
• CONTENT
• CONCLUSION
• BIBLIOGRAPHY

FEW SUGGESTIVE LANDMARK CASES FOR PROJECT:

1. Maneka Gandhi Vs. UOI

Verdict has been cited 215 times by other apex court judgements
2. National Legal Services Authority(NLSA) Vs. UOI
 SC declared the transgender people as third gender
3. Hussainara Khatoon Vs. State of Bihar
Keeping a large number of people behind bars for a long time, may be for years is
not considered as fair or reasonable
4. Ayodhya Dispute
5. ShahBano Begum Vs. Muhammad Ahmed Khan
A milestone in the journey of gender justice
6. Shankari Prasad Vs. UOI
Case dealt with amendability of Fundamental Rights
7. Common cause (A regd. Society) Vs. UOI
Right to die with dignity
8. Justice Ks Puttaswamy Vs. UOI
Right to Privacy Established
9. Navtej Singh Johar Vs. UOI
Decision on Section 377 of IPC decriminalising homosexuality
10. Vishakha Vs. State of Rajasthan
Preventing sexual harassment at workplace
11. Shayara Bano Vs. UOI
Triple talaq made unconstitutional
12. Indian Young Lawyers Association Vs. State of Kerala
Entry of females in Sabrimala temple
13. Joseph Shine Vs. UOI
Section 497 of IPC made unconstitutional
14. S.R Bommai Vs. UOI
Power under Article 356—imposition of President’s rule in states
Secularism comes under Basic Structure
Existence of Ram temple in disputed area
15. M.C. Mehta Vs. UOI
Propounded principle of Absolute liability
16. Indra Sawhney Vs. UOI
50% threshold in reservations and exclusion of the creamy layer
17. Mary Roy Vs. State of Kerala
The Indian Succession Act of 1925 be applied to Christians in Travancore and
Cochin too where daughters get equality
18. Rajagopal Vs. State of Tamil Nadu
Extended the boundaries of Article 19
19. Kesavanand Bharati Vs. State of Kerala
Laid down the principle of Basic Structure
20. Minerva Mills Vs. UOI
Strengthened the Doctrine of Basic Structure
Social welfare laws cannot infringe Fundamental Rights
Laid foundation of Judicial Review of laws and judgements in courts in India
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