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…
Excerpt from Supriya @Supriyo Chakraborty & oth. v. Union of India (2023) [with some edits of para length and formatting (headings have not been changed)] Let us preserve this autonomy,…
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…
Excerpt from the judgment of Justice Chandrachud in Marriage Equality Case In the opinion authored by him, my learned brother, Justice Ravindra Bhat states that unenumerated rights are recognised by…
Excerpt from the Judgment of Justice DY Chandrachud in Marriage Equality Case Challenge to the Adoption Regulations The Juvenile Justice Act was enacted to consolidate and amend the law catering…
