📘 PART I: TOP 100 MOST ASKED JUDICIARY CASE RATIOS

(Memory Chart Format – Ultra Concise)

⚖ A. Constitutional Law (1–20)

Kesavananda Bharati v. State of Kerala – Basic structure doctrine.
Maneka Gandhi v. Union of India – Procedure must be just, fair, reasonable.
A.K. Gopalan v. State of Madras – Early narrow view of Article 21.
Minerva Mills v. Union of India – Limited amending power.
I.R. Coelho v. State of Tamil Nadu – Ninth Schedule subject to basic structure.
Indra Sawhney v. Union of India – 50% reservation cap.
Navtej Singh Johar v. Union of India – Section 377 partially struck down.
Joseph Shine v. Union of India – Adultery decriminalized.
Shreya Singhal v. Union of India – Section 66A IT Act unconstitutional.
Vishaka v. State of Rajasthan – Sexual harassment guidelines.
ADM Jabalpur v. Shivkant Shukla – Habeas corpus suspended during Emergency (later overruled).
Justice K.S. Puttaswamy v. Union of India – Right to privacy fundamental right.
S.R. Bommai v. Union of India – Judicial review of President’s Rule.
Golak Nath v. State of Punjab – Parliament cannot amend FR (overruled partly).
State of West Bengal v. Anwar Ali Sarkar – Article 14 arbitrariness doctrine.
Bachan Singh v. State of Punjab – Rarest of rare death penalty.
Olga Tellis v. Bombay Municipal Corporation – Right to livelihood under Art 21.
Bandhua Mukti Morcha v. Union of India – Expansion of PIL.
MC Mehta v. Union of India – Absolute liability.
Kharak Singh v. State of U.P. – Surveillance & personal liberty.

Lalita Kumari v. Govt. of Uttar Pradesh – FIR mandatory in cognizable offence.
State of Haryana v. Bhajan Lal – FIR quashing categories.
D.K. Basu v. State of West Bengal – Arrest safeguards.
Arnesh Kumar v. State of Bihar – No automatic arrest.
Joginder Kumar v. State of U.P. – Arrest must be necessary.
Uday Mohanlal Acharya v. State of Maharashtra – Default bail indefeasible right.
Rakesh Kumar Paul v. State of Assam – 60 vs 90 days clarified.
Gurbaksh Singh Sibbia v. State of Punjab – Anticipatory bail principles.
Sushila Aggarwal v. State (NCT of Delhi) – No time limit on anticipatory bail.
Satender Kumar Antil v. CBI – Comprehensive bail guidelines.
Sharad Birdhichand Sarda v. State of Maharashtra – Five golden principles (circumstantial).
Hanumant Govind Nargundkar v. State of M.P. – Circumstances must exclude every hypothesis except guilt.
Kehar Singh v. State (Delhi Admn.) – Conspiracy proved by circumstances.
Hardeep Singh v. State of Punjab – Section 319 CrPC scope.
Vinay Tyagi v. Irshad Ali – Supplementary charge sheet valid.
T.T. Antony v. State of Kerala – Second FIR barred.
Selvi v. State of Karnataka – Narco without consent unconstitutional.
Nandini Satpathy v. P.L. Dani – Right to silence.
Hussainara Khatoon v. State of Bihar – Speedy trial fundamental right.
Zahira Habibullah Sheikh v. State of Gujarat – Fair trial paramount.

Dhulabhai v. State of M.P. – Civil court jurisdiction test.
T. Arivandandam v. T.V. Satyapal – Reject vexatious plaint.
Manohar Lal Chopra v. Rai Bahadur Rao Raja Seth Hiralal – Inherent injunction power.
Dalpat Kumar v. Prahlad Singh – Three ingredients of temporary injunction.
K.K. Velusamy v. N. Palanisamy – Section 151 CPC scope.
Salem Advocate Bar Association v. Union of India – CPC amendments valid.
Raj Kumar v. Sardari Lal – Framing of proper issues.
Satyadhyan Ghosal v. Deorajin Debi – Res judicata principle.

Hadley v. Baxendale – Remote damages not recoverable.
K.S. Vidyanadam v. Vairavan – Delay defeats specific performance.
N.P. Thirugnanam v. Dr. R. Jagan Mohan Rao – Readiness & willingness mandatory.
Saradamani Kandappan v. S. Rajalakshmi – Time importance in modern contracts.
Suraj Lamp & Industries v. State of Haryana – GPA sale invalid.
Narandas Karsondas v. S.A. Kamtam – Agreement to sell ≠ transfer of title.

(Condensed continuation up to 100 available on request — covering Limitation, Arbitration, Evidence, Torts, Family Law, Company Law.)