A General Assembly resolution proclaimed on 10 December 1948 as a common standard of achievement; not binding as such, but much of it now customary.
The sections below are the ones the LL.B. papers examine on this Act, with the unit that covers each and the cases decided on it. The official text is on India Code ↗.
Sections in the syllabus
s. 2(1)(d)
s. 5(2)
s. 12(a)
s. 13
s. 18
s. 18(2)
s. 28(2)
s. 36(2)
s. 51
s. 173
s. Art. 1
Covered in Unit 1 · History and Philosophy of Human Rights.
s. Arts. 29 and 30, with Art. 5 of both Covenants of 1966
Covered in Unit 1 · History and Philosophy of Human Rights.
s. Preamble and Arts. 1 to 30
Covered in Unit 1 · History and Philosophy of Human Rights.
Cases on this Act
- Jolly George Varghese v Bank of Cochin (1980)
- Francis Coralie Mullin v The Administrator, Union Territory of Delhi (1981)
- Madhav Hayawadanrao Hoskot v State of Maharashtra (1978)
- Prem Shankar Shukla v Delhi Administration (1980)
- Compensation in public law: Nilabati Behera v State of Orissa (1993) and Rudul Shah v State of Bihar (1983)
- Privacy: Kharak Singh v State of Uttar Pradesh (1963) and PUCL v Union of India (1997)
- The right to education: Mohini Jain v State of Karnataka (1992) and Unni Krishnan J.P. v State of Andhra Pradesh (1993)
- Chameli Singh v State of Uttar Pradesh (1995)
- Chairman, Railway Board v Chandrima Das (2000)
- Rajesh Das, I.P.S. v Tamil Nadu State Human Rights Commission (2010)
- M.C. Mehta v State of Tamil Nadu (1996)
- Vishaka v State of Rajasthan (1997)
- Apparel Export Promotion Council v A.K. Chopra (1999)
- Ireland v United Kingdom (1978) - a decision of the European Court of Human Rights
- Atala Riffo and Daughters v Chile - a judgment of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights
- Centre for Minority Rights Development and Minority Rights Group International on behalf of Endorois Welfare Council v Kenya (2009) - a decision of the African Commission