Education and Social Justice — Landmark Judgments

Landmark Judgments

Unnikrishnan J.P. v. State of Andhra Pradesh

1993

This judgment was a watershed moment, declaring that the 'right to education' is a fundamental right implicit in the 'right to life' under Article 21 of the Constitution. The…

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

2002

This 11-judge bench judgment addressed the complex issue of the rights of private unaided educational institutions, particularly minority institutions, under Article 19(1)(g)…

Ashoka Kumar Thakur v. Union of India

2008

This judgment upheld the constitutional validity of the 93rd Constitutional Amendment Act, 2005, which inserted Article 15(5), and the Central Educational Institutions…