2016 was a remarkable one in the corridors of justice. During the year, Supreme Court meted out judgments of monumental proportions. Here’s a look at the top 10 verdicts of the apex court that grabbed the maximum headlines:
Banned sale of alcohol on national and state highways
Prohibited IAF officers to grow beards on religious grounds
Made the playing of national anthem in cinema halls mandatory
Banned sale of firecrackers in Delhi NCR
Brought much needed relief to contractual employees in government sector
Widened the ambit of Domestic Violence Act
Made it mandatory for copies of FIR to be made public
Barred government ministers/officials from BCCI
Upheld Constitutional validity of criminal defamation law
Allowed the implementation of National Eligibility Entrance Test (NEET)
(Illustrations by Utkarsh Tyagi)