On freedom to form intimate associations and settle with partner- Justice DY Chandrachud
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…
Depriving someone of the freedom to choose their life partner robs them of their autonomy- Justice DY Chandrachud
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,…
Why Family is Necessary? – Justice DY Chandrachud in Same-Sex Marriage Case
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…
Does SMA allow homosexual Unions? – Here is what minority said in Marriage Equality Judgment
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…
Same-Sex Marriage Case- What Justice DY Chandrachud said about right to marry?
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 scope of the State’s regulation of the ‘intimate zone’
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…
Unenumerated Rights conferred by Constitution- How Court traces it?
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…
The significance of marriage as a socio-legal institution
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…
Same-Sex Marriage -What Justice DY Chandrachud said about the institution of Marriage?
“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…
Queerness is not urban or elite idea- Analysis of Justice DY Chandrachud on the idea of queerness in India
“Progress has perhaps been inconsistent, non-linear, and at a less than ideal pace but progress there has been. We must recognize the vital role of Indian society in contributing to…