# Judgments construing Article 4 of The Constitution of India 65 judgments in this corpus construe Article 4 of The Constitution of India — Laws made under articles 2 and 3 to provide for the amendment of the First and the Fourth Schedules and supplemental, incidental and consequential matters, the ones the courts themselves rely on most listed first. Canonical: https://unisonlegal.in/browse/acts/constitution/4 Showing 1–50 of 65, ordered by how often this corpus itself cites each judgment. ## The article itself - [Article 4 of The Constitution of India](https://unisonlegal.in/statutes/constitution/4) — Laws made under articles 2 and 3 to provide for the amendment of the First and the Fourth Schedules and supplemental, incidental and consequential matters ## The judgments - [HIS HOLINESS KESAVANANDA BHARATI SRIPADAGALA VARU v. STATE OF KERALA](https://unisonlegal.in/judgment/supreme-court-of-india/his-holiness-kesavananda-bharati-sripadagala-varu-v-state-of-kerala-6606) — [1973] Supp. 1 S.C.R. 1 · cited by 95 · names the article 30 times, first at printed page 102 - [I. C. GOLAK NA TH & ORS v. STA TE OF PUNJAB & ANRS](https://unisonlegal.in/judgment/supreme-court-of-india/i-c-golak-na-th-ors-v-sta-te-of-punjab-anrs-4180) — [1967] 2 S.C.R. 762 · cited by 57 · names the article 7 times, first at printed page 3 - [SMT. INDIRA NEHRU GANDHI v. SHRI RAJ NARAIN](https://unisonlegal.in/judgment/supreme-court-of-india/smt-indira-nehru-gandhi-v-shri-raj-narain-6821) — [1976] 2 S.C.R. 347 · cited by 51 · names the article once, first at printed page 279 - [[1960] 3 S.C.R. 887](https://unisonlegal.in/judgment/supreme-court-of-india/sthanam-i960-may-4-f-avalnppaya-k-nlt11yathil-kochuni-v-stale-of-madt-as-1905) — cited by 44 · names the article once, first at printed page 2 - [SP. GUPTA & ORS. ETC. ETC v. UNION OF INDIA & ORS. ETC. ETC](https://unisonlegal.in/judgment/supreme-court-of-india/sp-gupta-ors-etc-etc-v-union-of-india-ors-etc-etc-8920) — [1982] 2 S.C.R. 365 · cited by 37 · names the article once, first at printed page 860 - [S.R. BOMMAI AND ORS v. UNION OF INDIA AND ORS](https://unisonlegal.in/judgment/supreme-court-of-india/s-r-bommai-and-ors-v-union-of-india-and-ors-12621) — [1994] 2 S.C.R. 644 · cited by 32 · names the article 3 times, first at printed page 102 - [STATE OF KARNATAKA v. UNION OF INDIA & ANOTHER](https://unisonlegal.in/judgment/supreme-court-of-india/state-of-karnataka-v-union-of-india-another-7346) — [1978] 2 S.C.R. 1 · cited by 31 · names the article 6 times, first at printed page 135 - [2023 INSC 1058](https://unisonlegal.in/judgment/supreme-court-of-india/2023-insc-1058-37166) — cited by 27 · names the article 2 times, first at printed page 47 - [SAJJAN SINGH v. STATE OF RAJASTHAN](https://unisonlegal.in/judgment/supreme-court-of-india/sajjan-singh-v-state-of-rajasthan-3282) — [1965] 1 S.C.R. 933 · cited by 27 · names the article 5 times, first at printed page 21 - [JUSTICE K. S. PUTTASWAMY (RETD.) & ANR v. UNION OF INDIA & ORS](https://unisonlegal.in/judgment/supreme-court-of-india/justice-k-s-puttaswamy-retd-anr-v-union-of-india-ors-33709) — [2018] 8 S.C.R. 1 · cited by 23 · names the article 2 times, first at printed page 461 - [KIHOTO HOLLOHAN v. ZACHILLHU AND OTHERS](https://unisonlegal.in/judgment/supreme-court-of-india/kihoto-hollohan-v-zachillhu-and-others-11356) — [1992] 1 S.C.R. 686 · cited by 19 · names the article 4 times, first at printed page 61 - [[2007] 1 S.C.R. 317](https://unisonlegal.in/judgment/supreme-court-of-india/2007-1-s-c-r-317-22825) — cited by 15 · names the article once, first at printed page 112 - [[1960] 3 S.C.R. 250](https://unisonlegal.in/judgment/supreme-court-of-india/pramatha-nath-mul1herjee-v-state-of-west-bengal-dos-gupta-marth-z4-1582) — cited by 14 · names the article 5 times, first at printed page 11 - [A VINDER SINGH ETC v. STATE OF PUNJAB & ANR. ETC](https://unisonlegal.in/judgment/supreme-court-of-india/a-vinder-singh-etc-v-state-of-punjab-anr-etc-7542) — [1979] 1 S.C.R. 845 · cited by 13 · names the article once, first at printed page 4 - [PEOPLE'S UNION FOR DEMOCRATIC RIGHTS AND OTHERS v. UNION OF INDIA & OTHERS](https://unisonlegal.in/judgment/supreme-court-of-india/456-people-s-union-for-democratic-rights-and-others-v-union-of-india-others-8577) — [1983] 1 S.C.R. 456 · cited by 12 · names the article once, first at printed page 30 - [THE LIFE INSURANCE CORPORATION OF INDIA ,_ v. D. J. BAHADUR & ORS](https://unisonlegal.in/judgment/supreme-court-of-india/the-life-insurance-corporation-of-india-v-d-j-bahadur-ors-8232) — [1981] 1 S.C.R. 1083 · cited by 11 · names the article once, first at printed page 81 - [M/S. B.R. ENTERPRISES ETC. ETC v. STATE OF U.P. AND ORS. ETC. ETC](https://unisonlegal.in/judgment/supreme-court-of-india/m-s-b-r-enterprises-etc-etc-v-state-of-u-p-and-ors-etc-etc-16685) — [1999] 2 S.C.R. 1111 · cited by 9 · names the article once, first at printed page 26 - [U.P. STATE ELECTRICITY BOARD AND ORS v. HARL SHANKER JAIN AND ORS](https://unisonlegal.in/judgment/supreme-court-of-india/u-p-state-electricity-board-and-ors-v-harl-shanker-jain-and-ors-7584) — [1979] 1 S.C.R. 355 · cited by 9 · names the article once, first at printed page 8 - [er MIS. DHAMPUR SUGAR MILLS LTD v. STATE OF U.P. AND ORS](https://unisonlegal.in/judgment/supreme-court-of-india/er-mis-dhampur-sugar-mills-ltd-v-state-of-u-p-and-ors-22014) — [2007] 10 S.C.R. 245 · cited by 6 · names the article 2 times, first at printed page 7 - [KULDIP NAY AR v. UNION OF INDIA AND ORS](https://unisonlegal.in/judgment/supreme-court-of-india/kuldip-nay-ar-v-union-of-india-and-ors-21859) — [2006] Supp. 5 S.C.R. 1 · cited by 6 · names the article 2 times, first at printed page 60 - [I 31 STATE OF UTTAR PRADESH v. BATUK DEO PATIL TRIPATHI & ANR](https://unisonlegal.in/judgment/supreme-court-of-india/i-31-state-of-uttar-pradesh-v-batuk-deo-patil-tripathi-anr-7463) — [1978] 3 S.C.R. 131 · cited by 6 · names the article once, first at printed page 5 - [P. N. KAUSHAL ETC v. UNION OF INDIA](https://unisonlegal.in/judgment/supreme-court-of-india/p-n-kaushal-etc-v-union-of-india-7566) — [1979] 1 S.C.R. 122 · cited by 5 · names the article 2 times, first at printed page 26 - [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 11 times, first at printed page 1 - [KERALA SAMSTHANA CHETHU THOZHILALI UNION v. STATE OF KERALA AND ORS](https://unisonlegal.in/judgment/supreme-court-of-india/kerala-samsthana-chethu-thozhilali-union-v-state-of-kerala-and-ors-21225) — [2006] 3 S.C.R. 420 · cited by 4 · names the article once, first at printed page 19 - [MULLAPERIY AR ENVIRONMENT AL PROTECTION FORUM v. UNION OF INDIA](https://unisonlegal.in/judgment/supreme-court-of-india/mullaperiy-ar-environment-al-protection-forum-v-union-of-india-21267) — [2006] 2 S.C.R. 740 · cited by 4 · names the article once, first at printed page 15 - [f ' JAMSHED N. GUZDAR v. STATE OF MAHARASHTRA AND ORS](https://unisonlegal.in/judgment/supreme-court-of-india/f-jamshed-n-guzdar-v-state-of-maharashtra-and-ors-20357) — [2005] 1 S.C.R. 223 · cited by 4 · names the article 4 times, first at printed page 4 - [SWARAN LATA v. UNION OF INDIA & ORS](https://unisonlegal.in/judgment/supreme-court-of-india/swaran-lata-v-union-of-india-ors-7716) — [1979] 2 S.C.R. 953 · cited by 4 · names the article 2 times, first at printed page 8 - [ASSAM SANMILITAMAHASANGHA& ORS v. UNION OF INDIA & ORS](https://unisonlegal.in/judgment/supreme-court-of-india/assam-sanmilitamahasangha-ors-v-union-of-india-ors-29673) — [2014] 14 S.C.R. 744 · cited by 3 · names the article 2 times, first at printed page 4 - [[2005] Supp. 2 S.C.R. 603](https://unisonlegal.in/judgment/supreme-court-of-india/i-p-a-namdar-and-ors-v-state-of-maharashtra-and-ors-20951) — cited by 3 · names the article once, first at printed page 57 - [[1961] 1 S.C.R. 779](https://unisonlegal.in/judgment/supreme-court-of-india/1-s-c-r-supreme-court-reports-77-1-sri-sudhansu-shekhar-singh-deo-v-the-state-2226) — cited by 3 · names the article 2 times, first at printed page 6 - [[1957] 1 S.C.R. 874](https://unisonlegal.in/judgment/supreme-court-of-india/1957-1-s-c-r-874-1380) — cited by 3 · names the article once, first at printed page 10 - [PRANAY KUMAR PODDER v. STATE OF TRIPURA AND OTHERS](https://unisonlegal.in/judgment/supreme-court-of-india/pranay-kumar-podder-v-state-of-tripura-and-others-31848) — [2017] 2 S.C.R. 797 · cited by 2 · names the article once, first at printed page 14 - [RANJAN SINHA & ANR v. AJAY KUMAR.VISHWAK.ARMA & ORS](https://unisonlegal.in/judgment/supreme-court-of-india/ranjan-sinha-anr-v-ajay-kumar-vishwak-arma-ors-32048) — [2017] 7 S.C.R. 194 · cited by 2 · names the article once, first at printed page 21 - [GOVT. OF A.P. AND ANR v. J.B. EDUCATIONAL SOCIETY AJl.fl) ANR. ETC. FEBRUARY _23, 2005](https://unisonlegal.in/judgment/supreme-court-of-india/govt-of-a-p-and-anr-v-j-b-educational-society-ajl-fl-anr-etc-february-23-2005-20531) — [2005] 2 S.C.R. 302 · cited by 2 · names the article once, first at printed page 12 - [ST ATE OF PUNJAB AND ANR v. MIS. DEV ANS MODERN BREWERIES AND ANR. ETC](https://unisonlegal.in/judgment/supreme-court-of-india/st-ate-of-punjab-and-anr-v-mis-dev-ans-modern-breweries-and-anr-etc-19628) — [2003] Supp. 5 S.C.R. 930 · cited by 2 · names the article 3 times, first at printed page 46 - [RESEARCH, CHANDIGARH v. FACULTY ASSOCIATION AND ORS](https://unisonlegal.in/judgment/supreme-court-of-india/research-chandigarh-v-faculty-association-and-ors-16431) — [1998] 2 S.C.R. 845 · cited by 2 · names the article once, first at printed page 9 - [Smt. Rekha v. State of U.P](https://unisonlegal.in/judgment/allahabad-high-court/smt-rekha-v-state-of-u-p-53262) — (2025) 4 ILRA 758 · cited by 1 · names the article once, first at printed page 19 - [2024 INSC 789](https://unisonlegal.in/judgment/supreme-court-of-india/2024-insc-789-37343) — cited by 1 · names the article 3 times, first at printed page 69 - [Shashi Kant Tiwari v. High Court of Judicature at Allahabad & Ors](https://unisonlegal.in/judgment/allahabad-high-court/shashi-kant-tiwari-v-high-court-of-judicature-at-allahabad-ors-51814) — (2024) 4 ILRA 352 · cited by 1 · names the article once, first at printed page 15 - [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 7 times, first at printed page 11 - [Madhyan Bhojan Rasoiya Mazdoor Sangh Husainganj, Lucknow v. U.O.I. & Ors](https://unisonlegal.in/judgment/allahabad-high-court/madhyan-bhojan-rasoiya-mazdoor-sangh-husainganj-lucknow-v-u-o-i-ors-49722) — (2023) 2 ILRA 63 · cited by 1 · names the article 2 times, first at printed page 9 - [Hanuman Prasad Mishra v. Chandra Mohan Purswani](https://unisonlegal.in/judgment/allahabad-high-court/hanuman-prasad-mishra-v-chandra-mohan-purswani-48411) — (2022) 4 ILRA 1284 · cited by 1 · names the article once, first at printed page 3 - [Chandrawati Devi v. State of U.P. & Ors](https://unisonlegal.in/judgment/allahabad-high-court/chandrawati-devi-v-state-of-u-p-ors-46129) — (2021) 1 ILRA 818 · cited by 1 · names the article 2 times, first at printed page 4 - [THE STATE OF MADHYA PRADESH AND OTHERS v. LAFARGE DEALERS ASSOCIATION AND OTHERS](https://unisonlegal.in/judgment/supreme-court-of-india/the-state-of-madhya-pradesh-and-others-v-lafarge-dealers-association-and-others-33716) — [2019] 18 S.C.R. 924 · cited by 1 · names the article once, first at printed page 28 - [THE STATE OF KARNATAKA BY ITS CHIEF SECRETARY v. STATE OF TAMIL NADU BY ITS CHIEF SECRETARY & ORS](https://unisonlegal.in/judgment/supreme-court-of-india/the-state-of-karnataka-by-its-chief-secretary-v-state-of-tamil-nadu-by-its-33202) — [2018] 5 S.C.R. 829 · cited by 1 · names the article once, first at printed page 135 - [AKHIL SHARA T GOSEWA SANGH v. STATE OF A.P. AND ORS](https://unisonlegal.in/judgment/supreme-court-of-india/akhil-shara-t-gosewa-sangh-v-state-of-a-p-and-ors-21235) — [2006] 3 S.C.R. 543 · cited by 1 · names the article once, first at printed page 48 - [[1983] 1 S.C.R. 655](https://unisonlegal.in/judgment/supreme-court-of-india/1983-1-s-c-r-655-8589) — cited by 1 · names the article once, first at printed page 14 - [Dr. Poornima Advani & Anr v. Government of NCT & Anr](https://unisonlegal.in/judgment/supreme-court-of-india/dr-poornima-advani-anr-v-government-of-nct-anr-38269) — 2025 INSC 262 · names the article once, first at printed page 16 - [GOVERNMENT OF NATIONAL CAPITAL TERRITORY OF DELHI v. UNION OF INDIA & ORS](https://unisonlegal.in/judgment/supreme-court-of-india/government-of-national-capital-territory-of-delhi-v-union-of-india-ors-36329) — 2023 INSC 635 · names the article once, first at printed page 5 - [UNION OF INDIA v. RAJENDRA N. SHAH AND ANOTHER](https://unisonlegal.in/judgment/supreme-court-of-india/union-of-india-v-rajendra-n-shah-and-another-35001) — [2021] 5 S.C.R. 458 · names the article 5 times, first at printed page 4 ## Elsewhere - [Next page](https://unisonlegal.in/browse/acts/constitution/4/2) - [Every article of The Constitution of India](https://unisonlegal.in/browse/acts/constitution)