Excerpt from the judgment of Justice DY Chandrachud “Individual dignity cannot be allowed to be subordinate to the morality of the mob. Nor can the intolerance of society operate as…
Excerpt from Same-Sex Marriage The right to freedom of speech and expression and to form intimate associations Article 19(1)(a) of the Constitution recognizes the right to freedom of speech and…
Excerpt from Same-Sex Marriage The atypical family One’s natal family usually consists of one’s immediate relatives. The people who constitute one’s ‘immediate relatives’ vary from society to society. For instance,…
Excerpt from Same-Sex Marriage Judgment “The need to love is as important a force in human society as is the will to power. Power wants to destroy or consume or…
On 17th October, the Indian Supreme Court delivered a historic judgment on the recognition of Same Sex Marriage. The Indian Supreme Court refused to recognize the same sex marriage. There…
On 17th October, the Indian Supreme Court delivered a historic judgment on the recognition of Same Sex Marriage. The Indian Supreme Court refused to recognize the same sex marriage. There…
The intimate zone of privacy subsumes spatial privacy (which corresponds to the freedom to let alone) and decisional privacy (which corresponds to the freedom of self-development). On 17th October, the…
The fundamental rights recognised in Part III are identified in the level of abstraction- that is, equality, liberty, and expression. How the courts recognise unenumerated rights or derivative rights? The…
A constitutional order premised on equality, dignity, and autonomy would be unworkable if personal relationships which are the building blocks of a just society are grounded on values that are…
“Age, health and a variety of circumstances may bear on the decision of a heterosexual couple to bear or not to bear children. The inability of queer couples to procreate…
