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Supreme Court Cases

S.No.YearSubject/Keywords & Summary Petition Number & WritAdvocateJudgment / OrderStatus
1 2024 Petition for SIT investigation in Electoral Bonds Scam W.P.(C) No. 266/2024 Prashant Bhushan 02-08-2024 Disposed of
2 2024 Fair working conditions for domestic workers W.P. (C) 1389/2018 Mr Prashanto Sen 10-07-2025 Disposed of
3 2024 Introduction of Electoral Bonds Challenged W.P.(C) 880/2017 tagged with W.P.(C) 333/2015 and SLP (C) No. 18190/2014 Prashant Bhushan 15-02-2024 Disposed of
4 2023 Petition challenging the appointment of Interim Director, CBI W.P. (C) 291/2021 Mr. Prashant Bhushan 07-08-2023 Disposed of
5 2021 Petition challenging re-appointment of the Director, ED W.P. (C) 1374/2020 - 08-09-2021 Disposed of
6 2019 Challenging the arbitrary removal of CBI Director W.P. (C) 1315/2018 Prashant Bhushan 08-01-2019 Disposed of
7 2019 Petition challenging the appointment of M Nageshwar Rao as Interim Director, CBI W.P. (C) 54/2019 Prashant Bhushan 19-02-2019 Disposed of
8 2019 Chardhaam Road-Widening Project MA nos. 2678-2680 of 2018 in O.A. 431/2018 - 08-08-2019 Disposed of
9 2019 Miscellaneous Application in Right to Living Will MA 1699/2019 in W.P.(C) 215/2005 - Disposed of
10 2019 How the Contempt Petition Led to Lokpal Formation Cont.Pet.(C) No. 714 / 2018 Prashant Bhushan 02-12-2019 Disposed of
11 2018 Living Will, Right to Life W.P. (C) 215/2005 Prashant Bhushan 09-03-2018 Disposed of
12 2018 Writ challenging CVC, VC appointment W.P. (C) 505/2015 tagged with W.P. (C) 683/2014 Prashant Bhushan 02-07-2018 Disposed of
13 2018 Petition Seeking Appropriate Directions for Combating the Criminalization of Politics W.P. (C) 536/2011 Ashish Mohan 25-09-2018 Disposed of
14 2017 Petition challenging the appointment of RK Asthana as Spl Director CBI WP (C) 1088 of 2017 Prashant Bhushan 28-11-2017 Disposed of
15 2016 PIL to address the misuse and misapplication of Section 124 A, IPC on sedition WP (C) No. 683 of 2016 Prashant Bhushan 05-09-2016 Disposed of
16 2016 PIL challenging appointment of Director, CBI WP (C) 984 of 2016 20-01-2017 Disposed of
17 2015 Noida Authority, CAG Audit WP 221/2015 Prashant Bhushan 27-04-2015 Disposed of
18 2015 Contempt Petition against large scale govt. ads for political mileage Cont.Pet.(C) 692/2015 in W.P. 13/2003 Ms Meera Bhatia 28-04-2016 Disposed of
19 2014 CAG Appointment SLP 24328 of 2014 Prashant Bhushan 11-02-2015 Disposed of
20 2014 Challenging the Lokpal Search Committee Rules WP No 245/2014 - 27-04-2017 Disposed of
21 2014 Odisha Mining Writ against Illegal Mining in Odisha WP 114 of 2014 - Disposed of
22 2013 Constitutional validity of Sec 66A, 69A, &80 of IT Act WP 21 of 2013 Prashant Bhushan 24-03-2015 Disposed of
23 2013 Discretionary allotment of land to VIPs in Odisha and Gujarat WP 1096 of 2013 Prashant Bhushan 21-02-2014 Disposed of
24 2013 Muzzaffarnagar riots investigation Intervention Application (Cr.MP20460 of 2013) in WP (Cr.) 158/2013 Prashant Bhushan 26-03-2014 Disposed of
25 2013 Ashok Chavan, Election Commission’s power to check correctness of accounts of candidate Intervention Application in SLP(C) 29882 of 2011 Prashant Bhushan 05-05-2014 Disposed of
26 2013 Illegal &Arbitrary Appointment of C&AG WP 426 of 2013 Prashant Bhushan 15-07-2013 Disposed of
27 2013 Inquiry against ex-Chairman, NHRC Shri K.G. Balakrishnan W.P. 678/2013 Prashant Bhushan Disposed of
28 2012 Justice K.G.Balakrishnan’s removal from NHRC WP 35 of 2012 Prashant Bhushan 10-05-2012 Disposed of
29 2012 Petition challenging Allahabad High Court RTI Rules W.P. (C) 194/2012 Prashant Bhushan 20-03-2018 Disposed ofDisposed of
30 2010 Removal of CVC WP 348 of 2010 Prashant Bhushan 03-03-2011 Disposed of
31 2010 Cancellation of 2G Spectrum allocation WP 423 of 2010 Prashant Bhushan 02-02-2012 Disposed of
32 2008 Judicial Reforms WP 122 of 2008 Prashant Bhushan 10-12-2014 Disposed of
33 2006 Commercialization of Residential Properties- Challenging Validity of Delhi Laws (Special Provisions) Act, 2006 Intervention Application (IA 1of 2006) in WP 266 of 2006 Prashant Bhushan Disposed of
34 2006 Underweight LPG Cylinders WP 4048 of 20061 Madhumita Bhattacharya 29-11-2007 Disposed of
35 2006 Installation of CC cameras and sound system in ICU’s of government hospital. WP 10412 of 2006 Meera Bhatia 16-05-2008 Disposed of
36 2005 Prevent usage of incinerators for bio- medical waste treatment WP 160 of 2005 Rajiv Kataria 22-10-2008 Disposed of
37 2005 Slaughter Houses -Pollution Writ Petition(Civil) 330/2001 connected to Writ Petition(Civil) 309/2003 Pranab Kumar Mullick 17-02-2017 Disposed of
38 2003 Prevalence of AIDS in the country WP 61 of 2003 tagged with W.P (C) No. 535 of 1998 Kamini Jaiswal 02-12-2003 Disposed of
39 2003 Road safety and highway accidents WP 580 of 2003 - 11-04-200811-04-2008 Disposed ofDisposed of
40 2003 Large Scale Ads in Newspapers WP (C) 13 of 2003 Prashant Bhushan 23-04-201413-05-2015 PendingPendingDisposed of
41 2001 Delhi Rent Act Civil Appeal Nos. 3988- 3989 of 2001 - 08-10-2003 Disposed of
42 2001 Payment of Gratuity Amendment Act. WP 559 of 2001 Samita Bankotia 25-01-2002 Pending
43 2000 Proliferation of Fake Universities WP 7 of 2000 - 02-11-2004 Disposed of
44 2000 Challenge to lifting of ban on Non-iodized salt WP 525 of 2000 Kamini Jaiswal 23-10-2008 Disposed of
45 2000 Two time Zones WP 7622 of 2000 - 22-02-2002 Disposed of
46 2000 Crime and Violence on TV WP 387/2000 - 12-01-2017 Disposed of
47 1999 MPLADS WP 404 of 1999 - 06-05-2010 Disposed of
48 1998 NPAs of Banks and Financial Institutions WP 291 of 1998 - 09-03-2010 Disposed of
49 1998 Phasing out of blue line buses WP 1566 of 1998 - Disposed of
50 1996 Police Reforms W.P. (C) 310 of 1996 Prashant Bhushan 22-09-2006 Pending
51 1995 Maintenance and audit of accounts of political parties WP 24 of 1995 - 04-04-1996 Disposed of
52 1995 Lokpal Bill WP 26 of 1995 - 30-04-201503-08-199904-11-1996 Disposed ofDisposed ofDisposed of
53 1995 Constitution (76th Amendment) Tamil Nadu, Reservations Act, 1994 (Tagged with IR Coelho) WP 238 of 1995 - 11-01-2007 Disposed of
54 1992 Operation of blood banks WP 91 of 1992 - 25-07-199704-01-1996 Disposed ofDisposed of
55 1991 Salaries and Allowances of Members of Parliament Act, 1976 WP 984 of 1991 Prashant Bhushan 22-11-2001 Disposed of
56 1990 Lawyers strike WP 821 of 1990 Kamini Jaiswal 28-09-200503-04-200007-12-199411-01-1994 Disposed ofDisposed ofDisposed ofDisposed of
57 1988 Consumer Protection Act, 1986, approachability of consumer forums WP 1141 of 1988 & 742 of 1990 Kamini Jaiswal 07-01-1993 Disposed of
58 1986 Quashing long pending proceedings against persons accused of offences under Motor Vehicles Act WP 1128 of 1986 - 28-11-199601-05-1996 Disposed ofDisposed of
59 1985 Commutation of Pension Rules WP 3958-61 of 1983 - 09-12-1986 Disposed of
60 1982 Construction law, multiple taxation WP 6945 of 1982 K.L. Rathee, S. Balakrishnan, Harish N. Salve 18-08-1987 Disposed of
61 1981 Family Pension for widows of pensioners WP 5870-93 of 1981 - 30-04-1985 Disposed of