Marriage Equality Case- The Right of Transgender Persons to Marry
Excerpt from Justice Chandrachud Judgment in Same-Sex Marriage Case Some petitioners have sought a declaration that the right to marry a person of their choice applies to transgender persons. The…
Marriage Equality Case- Article 25 and freedom to decide own life partner
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…
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…