Excerpt from the case of Supriya @Supriyo Chakraborty v. Union of India (2023) I am conscious of the ordeals that arise from a multiplicity of judicial opinions in cases involving…
Excerpt from the judgment of Justice Ravindra Bhat in Same-Sex Marriage Case Conclusion and directions Marriage, in the ultimate context, is not defined merely by the elements, which delineate some…
Excerpt from the judgment of Justice Ravindra Bhat in Same-Sex Marriage Case Issue of joint adoption by queer couples Some of the petitioners have challenged Regulation 5(3) of the 2020…
Excerpt from the judgment of Justice Ravindra Bhat in Same-Sex Marriage Case While the right to marry or have a legally recognised marriage is only statutory, the right to cohabit…
Edited excerpt from the judgment of Justice Ravindra Bhat in Same Sex Marriage Challenge to the SMA on the ground of impermissible classification The petitioners complained that provisions of the…
Excerpt from Justice Ravindra Bhat’s Judgment This court has recognized that marriage is a social institution.[1] As elaborated in Part I, marriage existed and exists, historically and chronologically in all…
Excerpt from the Judgment of Justice Ravindra Bhat The trinity – autonomous choice, dignity and non-discrimination 1. Importance of personal choice under the Constitution The journey of our constitutional progression,…
Excerpt from the judgment of Same-Sex Marriage Case (Paragraphs length have been edited) Before undertaking a study on whether there is a fundamental right to marry, and an obligation on…
Excerpt from Justice Ravindra Bhat Judgment in Same-Sex Marriage Case (paragraphs lengths are edited.) Marriage, as a social institution predates all rights, forms of political thought and laws. The institution…
Excerpt from the judgment of Justice Ravindra Bhat At the centre of the dispute, lies the definition and the content of two willing individuals’ right to marry. On the one…
Marriage Equality Case- Justice P. Narsimha Judgment
Excerpt from the case of Supriya @Supriyo Chakraborty v. Union of India (2023) I am conscious of the ordeals that arise from a multiplicity of judicial opinions in cases involving…
Marriage Equality Case- Conclusions and Directions of Justice Ravindra Bhat
Excerpt from the judgment of Justice Ravindra Bhat in Same-Sex Marriage Case Conclusion and directions Marriage, in the ultimate context, is not defined merely by the elements, which delineate some…
Marriage Equality Case- Justice Ravindra Bhat on Right to Adoption
Excerpt from the judgment of Justice Ravindra Bhat in Same-Sex Marriage Case Issue of joint adoption by queer couples Some of the petitioners have challenged Regulation 5(3) of the 2020…
Queer Couple may live together but not marry- Justice Ravindra Bhat in Marriage Equality Case
Excerpt from the judgment of Justice Ravindra Bhat in Same-Sex Marriage Case While the right to marry or have a legally recognised marriage is only statutory, the right to cohabit…
Marriage Equality Case- Justice Ravindra Bhat on Inapplicability of the Special Marriage Act to same sex marriage
Edited excerpt from the judgment of Justice Ravindra Bhat in Same Sex Marriage Challenge to the SMA on the ground of impermissible classification The petitioners complained that provisions of the…
Marriage Equality Case- Justice Ravindra Bhat on fundamental right to marry
Excerpt from Justice Ravindra Bhat’s Judgment This court has recognized that marriage is a social institution.[1] As elaborated in Part I, marriage existed and exists, historically and chronologically in all…
Justice Ravindra Bhat in Marriage Equality Case- Tracing the rights enjoyed by queer persons
Excerpt from the Judgment of Justice Ravindra Bhat The trinity – autonomous choice, dignity and non-discrimination 1. Importance of personal choice under the Constitution The journey of our constitutional progression,…
Marriage Equality Case- Justice Ravindra Bhat on State interest in regulating social practices through legislation
Excerpt from the judgment of Same-Sex Marriage Case (Paragraphs length have been edited) Before undertaking a study on whether there is a fundamental right to marry, and an obligation on…
Marriage Equality Case- Justice Ravindra Bhat on Marriage as a social institution
Excerpt from Justice Ravindra Bhat Judgment in Same-Sex Marriage Case (paragraphs lengths are edited.) Marriage, as a social institution predates all rights, forms of political thought and laws. The institution…
On which issues Justice Ravindra Bhatt agreed with Justice DY Chandrachud in Marriage Equality Case?
Excerpt from the judgment of Justice Ravindra Bhat At the centre of the dispute, lies the definition and the content of two willing individuals’ right to marry. On the one…