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) Let us preserve this autonomy, so long as it does not infringe on the rights of others. After…
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…
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…
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,…
