# Judgments construing Article 170 of The Constitution of India

14 judgments in this corpus construe Article 170 of The Constitution of India — Composition of the Legislative Assemblies, the ones the courts themselves rely on most listed first.

Canonical: https://unisonlegal.in/browse/acts/constitution/170

Showing 1–14 of 14, ordered by how often this corpus itself cites each judgment.

## The article itself

- [Article 170 of The Constitution of India](https://unisonlegal.in/statutes/constitution/170) — Composition of the Legislative Assemblies

## The judgments

- [[1984] 2 S.C.R. 495](https://unisonlegal.in/judgment/supreme-court-of-india/r-s-nayak-v-a-r-antulay-february-16-1984-8558) — cited by 19 · names the article once, first at printed page 52
- [2024 INSC 113 Association for Democratic Reforms & Anr v. Union of India & Ors](https://unisonlegal.in/judgment/supreme-court-of-india/2024-insc-113-association-for-democratic-reforms-anr-v-union-of-india-ors-37629) — 2024 INSC 113 · cited by 11 · names the article once, first at printed page 84
- [P.V. NARASIMHA RAO ETC. ETC v. STATE (CBl/SPE) ETC. ETC](https://unisonlegal.in/judgment/supreme-court-of-india/p-v-narasimha-rao-etc-etc-v-state-cbl-spe-etc-etc-16432) — [1998] 2 S.C.R. 870 · cited by 10 · names the article once, first at printed page 60
- [s. NARA YANASWAMI v. G. PANNERSEL V AM & ORS](https://unisonlegal.in/judgment/supreme-court-of-india/s-nara-yanaswami-v-g-pannersel-v-am-ors-5775) — [1973] 1 S.C.R. 172 · cited by 8 · names the article once, first at printed page 5
- [[1975] 1 S.C.R. 504](https://unisonlegal.in/judgment/supreme-court-of-india/1975-1-s-c-r-504-6349) — cited by 7 · names the article 4 times, first at printed page 4
- [R.C. POUDYAL AND ANR. ETC. ETC v. UNION OF INDIA AND ORS. ETC. ETC](https://unisonlegal.in/judgment/supreme-court-of-india/r-c-poudyal-and-anr-etc-etc-v-union-of-india-and-ors-etc-etc-11729) — [1993] 1 S.C.R. 891 · cited by 6 · names the article 2 times, first at printed page 58
- [RAMESHW AR PRASAD AND ORS v. UNION OF INDIA AND ANR](https://unisonlegal.in/judgment/supreme-court-of-india/rameshw-ar-prasad-and-ors-v-union-of-india-and-anr-21105) — [2006] 1 S.C.R. 562 · cited by 5 · names the article 2 times, first at printed page 45
- [MANGAL SINGH & ANR v. UNION OF INDIA](https://unisonlegal.in/judgment/supreme-court-of-india/mangal-singh-anr-v-union-of-india-3963) — [1967] 2 S.C.R. 109 · cited by 5 · names the article 8 times, first at printed page 1
- [HAJI ABDUL GANI KHAN & ANR v. UNION OF INDIA & ORS](https://unisonlegal.in/judgment/supreme-court-of-india/haji-abdul-gani-khan-anr-v-union-of-india-ors-37085) — [2023] 5 S.C.R. 503 · cited by 1 · names the article 22 times, first at printed page 1
- [ANAND SINGH KUNWAR AND ORS v. ELECTION COMMISSION OF INDIA, THROUGH CHIEF ELECTION COMMISSIONER, NEW DELHI& ORS](https://unisonlegal.in/judgment/supreme-court-of-india/anand-singh-kunwar-and-ors-v-election-commission-of-india-through-chief-23240) — [2007] 8 S.C.R. 909 · cited by 1 · names the article once, first at printed page 3
- [K. Purushottam Reddy v. Union of India and Ors](https://unisonlegal.in/judgment/supreme-court-of-india/k-purushottam-reddy-v-union-of-india-and-ors-38436) — 2025 INSC 894 · names the article 27 times, first at printed page 2
- [CASE DETAILS PUBLIC INTEREST COMMITTEE FOR SCHEDULING SPECIFIC AREAS AND ANR v. UNION OF INDIA & ORS](https://unisonlegal.in/judgment/supreme-court-of-india/case-details-public-interest-committee-for-scheduling-specific-areas-and-anr-v-37126) — 2023 INSC 1086 · names the article 3 times, first at printed page 34
- [OJ 13 (ADDL.) S.C.R. 506 J & K NATIONAL PANTHERS PARTY v. THE UNION OF INDIA AND OTHERS](https://unisonlegal.in/judgment/supreme-court-of-india/oj-13-addl-s-c-r-506-j-k-national-panthers-party-v-the-union-of-india-and-others-26441) — [2010] 13 S.C.R. 506 · names the article once, first at printed page 9
- [SUBRATA ACHARJEE AND ORS v. UNION OF INDIA AND ANR](https://unisonlegal.in/judgment/supreme-court-of-india/subrata-acharjee-and-ors-v-union-of-india-and-anr-18474) — [2002] 1 S.C.R. 888 · names the article 2 times, first at printed page 2

## Elsewhere

- [Every article of The Constitution of India](https://unisonlegal.in/browse/acts/constitution)
