Ethnic Conflicts — Legal Precedents

Legal Precedents

S.R. Bommai v. Union of India

1994

This nine-judge bench judgment by the Supreme Court significantly curtailed the arbitrary use of Article 356 (President's Rule) by the Union government. While not directly on…

Naga People’s Movement of Human Rights v. Union of India

1998

This landmark judgment by a three-judge bench of the Supreme Court examined the constitutional validity of the Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act, 1958 (AFSPA). The Court upheld…

T.M.A. Pai Foundation & Ors. v. State of Karnataka & Ors.

2002

A eleven-judge bench of the Supreme Court delivered a comprehensive judgment on the scope of Articles 19(1)(g) and 30 relating to the rights of minorities to establish and…

I.R. Coelho (Bommai Case) v. State of Tamil Nadu

2007

A nine-judge bench of the Supreme Court unanimously held that laws placed in the Ninth Schedule after April 24, 1973 (the date of the Kesavananda Bharati judgment) are open to…