{"id":13046,"date":"2026-02-07T07:04:00","date_gmt":"2026-02-07T01:34:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.infipark.com\/articles\/?p=13046"},"modified":"2026-01-30T15:21:45","modified_gmt":"2026-01-30T09:51:45","slug":"leading-cases-for-the-advocates-on-record-examination-paper-iv-read-memorize-and-apply-precedents","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.infipark.com\/articles\/leading-cases-for-the-advocates-on-record-examination-paper-iv-read-memorize-and-apply-precedents\/","title":{"rendered":"Leading Cases for the Advocates\u2011on\u2011Record Examination PAPER IV: Read, Memorize and Apply Precedents"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Leading Cases for the Advocates\u2011on\u2011Record Examination PAPER IV: Read, Memorize and Apply Precedents<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The table below compiles the leading cases<\/strong> that form the backbone of Paper IV \u2014 Leading Cases for the Advocates\u2011on\u2011Record examination, ranging from Kesavananda Bharati<\/em> (1973) to Shreya Singhal<\/em> (2015). These landmark judgments span constitutional law, fundamental rights, administrative and service law, criminal and civil procedure, environmental law, and commercial disputes, and together map the doctrinal contours candidates must master. Use this list as a study scaffold: create one\u2011page briefs for each case highlighting facts, issues, ratio, key dicta, and practical applications, then practice applying those ratios to novel fact patterns under timed conditions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Leading Cases List<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
No.<\/strong><\/th>Case Name<\/strong><\/th>Citation<\/strong><\/th>Page<\/strong><\/th><\/tr><\/thead>
1<\/td>His Holiness Kesavananda Bharati Sripadagalavaru v. State of Kerala<\/td>[1973] Supp. SCR 1<\/td>1<\/td><\/tr>
2<\/td>Maneka Gandhi v. Union of India<\/td>[1978] 2 SCR 621<\/td>125<\/td><\/tr>
3<\/td>Minerva Mills Ltd. & Ors. v. Union of India & Ors.<\/td>[1981] 1 SCR 206<\/td>167<\/td><\/tr>
4<\/td>Sharad Birdhi Chand Sarda v. State of Maharashtra<\/td>[1985] 1 SCR 88<\/td>212<\/td><\/tr>
5<\/td>A.R. Antulay v. R.S. Nayak & Anr.<\/td>[1988] Supp. 1 SCR 1<\/td>227<\/td><\/tr>
6<\/td>Kihoto Hollohan v. Zachillhu and Others<\/td>[1992] 1 SCR 686<\/td>266<\/td><\/tr>
7<\/td>Indra Sawhney and Ors. v. Union of India and Ors.<\/td>[1992] Supp. 2 SCR 454<\/td>293<\/td><\/tr>
8<\/td>S.R. Bommai and Ors. v. Union of India and Ors.<\/td>[1994] 2 SCR 644<\/td>390<\/td><\/tr>
9<\/td>L. Chandra Kumar v. Union of India and Others<\/td>[1994] Supp. 6 SCR 261<\/td>465<\/td><\/tr>
10<\/td>Vellore Citizens Welfare Forum v. Union of India and Ors.<\/td>[1996] Supp. 5 SCR 241<\/td>467<\/td><\/tr>
11<\/td>D.K. Basu v. State of West Bengal<\/td>[1996] Supp. 10 SCR 284<\/td>473<\/td><\/tr>
12<\/td>Mafatlal Industries Ltd. v. Union of India<\/td>[1996] Supp. 10 SCR 585<\/td>483<\/td><\/tr>
13<\/td>Vishaka and Ors. v. State of Rajasthan and Ors.<\/td>[1997] Supp. 3 SCR 404<\/td>541<\/td><\/tr>
14<\/td>Githa Hariharan and Anr. v. Reserve Bank of India and Anr.<\/td>[1999] 1 SCR 669<\/td>544<\/td><\/tr>
15<\/td>Rupa Ashok Hurra v. Ashok Hurra and Anr.<\/td>[2002] 2 SCR 1006<\/td>553<\/td><\/tr>
16<\/td>Pradeep Kumar Biswas and Ors. v. Indian Institute of Chemical Biology and Ors.<\/td>[2002] 3 SCR 100<\/td>560<\/td><\/tr>
17<\/td>P. Rama Chandra Rao v. State of Karnataka<\/td>[2002] 3 SCR 60<\/td>567<\/td><\/tr>
18<\/td>T.M.A. Pai Foundation and Ors. v. State of Karnataka and Ors.<\/td>[2002] Supp. 3 SCR 587<\/td>574<\/td><\/tr>
19<\/td>P.A. Inamdar and Others v. State of Maharashtra and Others<\/td>(2004) 8 SCC 139<\/td>625<\/td><\/tr>
20<\/td>Technip SA v. SMS Holding (Pvt.) Ltd. and Ors.<\/td>[2005] Supp. 1 SCR 223<\/td>627<\/td><\/tr>
21<\/td>M\/S. S.B.P. and Co. v. M\/S. Patel Engineering Ltd. and Anr.<\/td>[2005] Supp. 4 SCR 688<\/td>638<\/td><\/tr>
22<\/td>Rameshwar Prasad and Ors. v. Union of India and Anr.<\/td>[2006] 1 SCR 562<\/td>664<\/td><\/tr>
23<\/td>I.R. Coelho (Dead) By Lrs. v. State of Tamil Nadu<\/td>[2007] 1 SCR 706<\/td>694<\/td><\/tr>
24<\/td>Common Cause (A Regd. Society) v. Union of India & Ors.<\/td>[2008] 6 SCR 262<\/td>707<\/td><\/tr>
25<\/td>State of West Bengal & Ors. v. The Committee for Protection of Democratic Rights, West Bengal & Ors.<\/td>[2010] 2 SCR 979<\/td>716<\/td><\/tr>
26<\/td>Smt. Selvi & Ors. v. State of Karnataka<\/td>[2010] 5 SCR 381<\/td>729<\/td><\/tr>
27<\/td>Re: Special Reference No. 1 of 2012<\/td>[2012] 9 SCR 311<\/td>773<\/td><\/tr>
28<\/td>Republic of Italy and Ors. v. Union of India and Ors.<\/td>[2013] 4 SCR 595<\/td>805<\/td><\/tr>
29<\/td>Novartis AG v. Union of India & Others<\/td>[2013] 13 SCR 148<\/td>816<\/td><\/tr>
30<\/td>Dr. Balram Prasad v. Dr. Kunal Saha & Ors.<\/td>[2013] 12 SCR 30<\/td>829<\/td><\/tr>
31<\/td>Lalita Kumari v. Govt. of U.P. and Ors.<\/td>[2013] 14 SCR 713<\/td>850<\/td><\/tr>
32<\/td>National Legal Services Authority v. Union of India and Others<\/td>[2014] 5 SCR 119<\/td>869<\/td><\/tr>
33<\/td>Pramati Educational & Cultural Trust & Ors. v. Union of India & Ors.<\/td>[2014] 11 SCR 712<\/td>906<\/td><\/tr>
34<\/td>M\/s. Kailash Nath Associates v. Delhi Development Authority & Anr.<\/td>[2015] 1 SCR 627<\/td>915<\/td><\/tr>
35<\/td>Shreya Singhal v. Union of India<\/td>[2015] 5 SCR 963<\/td>921<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Leading Cases List (Volume 2)<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
No.<\/strong><\/th>Case Name<\/strong><\/th>Citation<\/strong><\/th>Page<\/strong><\/th><\/tr><\/thead>
36<\/td>Supreme Court Advocates-on-Record Association and Another v. Union of India<\/td>[2015] 13 SCR 1<\/td>936<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
37<\/td>Union of India v. V. Sriharan @ Murugan & Ors.<\/td>[2015] 14 SCR 613<\/td>1011<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
38<\/td>Gujarat Urja Vikas Nigam Limited v. EMCO Limited & Others<\/td>[2016] 1 SCR 857<\/td>1022<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
39<\/td>Mukesh & Anr. v. State for NCT of Delhi & Ors.<\/td>[2017] 6 SCR 1<\/td>1026<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
40<\/td>Excel Crop Care Limited v. Competition Commission of India and Another<\/td>[2017] 5 SCR 901<\/td>1095<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
41<\/td>Common Cause v. Union of India and Ors.<\/td>[2017] 13 SCR 361<\/td>1113<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
42<\/td>Shayara Bano v. Union of India and Others<\/td>[2017] 9 SCR 797<\/td>1135<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
43<\/td>Justice K S Puttaswamy (Retd.) and Anr. v. Union of India and Ors.<\/td>[2017] 10 SCR 569<\/td>1166<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
44<\/td>Common Cause (A Regd. Society) v. Union of India & Another<\/td>[2018] 6 SCR 1<\/td>1238<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
45<\/td>Municipal Corporation, Ujjain & Anr. v. BVG India Limited and Ors.<\/td>[2018] 6 SCR 861<\/td>1309<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
46<\/td>Shakti Vahini v. Union of India and Others<\/td>[2018] 3 SCR 770<\/td>1316<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
47<\/td>Navtej Singh Johar & Ors. v. Union of India Thr. Secretary Ministry of Law and Justice<\/td>[2018] 7 SCR 379<\/td>1323<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
48<\/td>Justice K. S. Puttaswamy (Retd.) & Anr. v. Union of India & Ors.<\/td>[2018] 8 SCR 1<\/td>1387<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
49<\/td>Jarnail Singh & Others v. Lachhmi Narain Gupta & Others<\/td>[2018] 10 SCR 663<\/td>1516<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
50<\/td>Joseph Shine v. Union of India<\/td>[2018] 11 SCR 765<\/td>1524<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
51<\/td>Competition Commission of India v. Bharti Airtel Limited and Others<\/td>[2018] 14 SCR 489<\/td>1562<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
52<\/td>Swiss Ribbons Pvt. Ltd. & Anr. v. Union of India & Ors.<\/td>[2019] 3 SCR 535<\/td>1574<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
53<\/td>Ssangyong Engineering & Construction Co. Ltd. v. National Highways Authority of India (NHAI)<\/td>[2019] 7 SCR 522<\/td>1595<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
54<\/td>Dr. Ashwani Kumar v. Union of India and Another<\/td>[2019] 12 SCR 30<\/td>1609<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
55<\/td>Rojer Mathew v. South Indian Bank Ltd. & Ors.<\/td>[2019] 16 SCR 1<\/td>1617<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
56<\/td>Central Public Information Officer, Supreme Court of India v. Subhash Chandra Agarwal<\/td>[2019] 16 SCR 424<\/td>1654<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
57<\/td>Committee of Creditors of Essar Steel India Limited Through Authorised Signatory v. Satish Kumar Gupta & Ors.<\/td>[2019] 16 SCR 275<\/td>1699<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
58<\/td>M\/s Shanti Conductors (P) Ltd. v. Assam State Electricity Board and Ors.<\/td>[2019] 16 SCR 252<\/td>1731<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
59<\/td>Keisham Meghachandra Singh v. The Hon’ble Speaker Manipur Legislative Assembly & Ors.<\/td>[2020] 2 SCR 132<\/td>1737<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
60<\/td>Sushila Aggarwal and Others v. State (NCT of Delhi) and Another<\/td>[2020] 2 SCR 1<\/td>1742<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
61<\/td>Dheeraj Mor v. Hon’ble High Court of Delhi<\/td>[2020] 2 SCR 161<\/td>1763<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
62<\/td>Internet and Mobile Association of India v. Reserve Bank of India<\/td>[2020] 2 SCR 297<\/td>1780<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
63<\/td>Indore Development Authority v. Manoharlal & Ors. Etc.<\/td>[2020] 3 SCR 1<\/td>1805<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
64<\/td>Madras Bar Association v. Union of India & Anr.<\/td>[2020] 2 SCR 246<\/td>1858<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Leading Cases List (Volume 3)<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
No.<\/strong><\/th>Case Name and Citation<\/strong><\/th>Page<\/strong><\/th><\/tr><\/thead>
65<\/td>Nandini Sundar And Ors. v. State of Chattisgarh, [2011] 8 S.C.R. 1028<\/td>1873<\/td><\/tr>
66<\/td>Arnesh Kumar v. State of Bihar & Anr., [2014] 8 S.C.R. 128<\/td>1876<\/td><\/tr>
67<\/td>Abhiram Singh v. C.D. Commachen (Dead) by Lrs. & Ors., [2017] 1 S.C.R. 158<\/td>1880<\/td><\/tr>
68<\/td>Neeraj Dutta v. State (Govt. of N.C.T. of Delhi), [2022] 5 S.C.R. 104<\/td>1902<\/td><\/tr>
69<\/td>Sukhpal Singh Khaira v. The State of Punjab, [2022] 10 S.C.R. 156<\/td>1916<\/td><\/tr>
70<\/td>Satender Kumar Antil v. Central Bureau of Investigation & Anr., [2022] 10 S.C.R. 351<\/td>1923<\/td><\/tr>
71<\/td>Janhit Abhiyan v. Union of India, [2022] 14 S.C.R. 1<\/td>1932<\/td><\/tr>
72<\/td>Shilpa Sailesh v. Varun Sreenivasan, [2023] 5 S.C.R. 165<\/td>1984<\/td><\/tr>
73<\/td>Kaushal Kishor v. State of Uttar Pradesh & Ors., [2023] 8 S.C.R. 130<\/td>1994<\/td><\/tr>
74<\/td>Subhash Desai v. Principal Secretary, Governor of Maharashtra & Ors., [2023] 8 S.C.R. 857<\/td>2014<\/td><\/tr>
75<\/td>Cox and Kings Ltd. v. SAP India Pvt. Ltd. & Anr., [2023] 15 S.C.R. 621 : 2023 INSC 1051<\/td>2023<\/td><\/tr>
76<\/td>In Re: Interplay Between Arbitration Agreements under The Arbitration and Conciliation Act 1996 and The Indian Stamp Act 1899, [2023] 15 S.C.R. 1081 : 2023 INSC 1066<\/td>2039<\/td><\/tr>
77<\/td>In Re: Article 370 of The Constitution, [2023] 16 S.C.R. 1 : 2023 INSC 1058<\/td>2051<\/td><\/tr>
78<\/td>Association for Democratic Reforms & Anr. v. Union of India & Ors., [2024] 2 S.C.R. 420 : 2024 INSC 113<\/td>2065<\/td><\/tr>
79<\/td>Dr Kavita Kamboj v. High Court of Punjab and Haryana & Ors., [2024] 2 S.C.R. 1136 : 2024 INSC 192<\/td>2095<\/td><\/tr>
80<\/td>Sita Soren v. Union of India, [2024] 3 S.C.R. 462 : 2024 INSC 161<\/td>2099<\/td><\/tr>
81<\/td>Government of NCT of Delhi & Anr. v. M\/s BSK Realtors LLP & Anr., [2024] 5 S.C.R. 1159 : 2024 INSC 455<\/td>2113<\/td><\/tr>
82<\/td>Mineral Area Development Authority & Anr. v. M\/s Steel Authority of India & Anr. Etc., [2024] 7 S.C.R. 1549 : 2024 INSC 554<\/td>2119<\/td><\/tr>
83<\/td>The State of Punjab & Ors. v. Davinder Singh & Ors., [2024] 8 S.C.R. 1321 : 2024 INSC 562<\/td>2159<\/td><\/tr>
84<\/td>Aligarh Muslim University v. Naresh Agarwal & Ors., [2024] 11 S.C.R. 1647 : 2024 INSC 856<\/td>2179<\/td><\/tr>
85<\/td>Property Owners Association & Ors. v. State of Maharashtra & Ors., [2024] 11 S.C.R. 1 : 2024 INSC 835<\/td>2206<\/td><\/tr>
86<\/td>Tej Prakash Pathak & Ors. v. Rajasthan High Court & Ors., [2024] 12 S.C.R. 28 : 2024 INSC 847<\/td>2237<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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