This Case Summary is written by Shaik Muneera, a student at Reva University, Bangalore SYNOPSIS: It is a very well known case, and it is said to be the very first case held by the supreme court through which different articles were included in the part of fundamental rights. The major articles included in this…
This Case Summary is written by Lavanya Ajaykumar Panicker, a student at DY Patil Deemed To Be University School of Law, Nerul, Navi Mumbai SYNOPSIS “A woman with a voice is by definition a strong woman. But the search to find that voice can be remarkably difficult.” Melinda Gates The Indian Young Lawyers Association brought…
This Case Summary is written by YAZHINI B, a student at School of Excellence in Law SYNOPSIS: BACKGROUND: A public interest litigation was filed before the Delhi High Court by Naz Foundation India Trust challenging the constitutionality of Section 377 under Articles 14,15,19, and 21. The court held that targeting homosexuals contravenes the equal protection guaranteed under…
This Case Summary is written by Ruchita Yadav, a student at Dr. Ram Manohar Lohiya National Law University, Lucknow INTRODUCTION On October 11 2017, the Supreme Court for the first time addressed the government’s obligation towards the Constitutional and Human rights to address child marriages and related aspects of intersectionality. Among several issues, the critical…
This Case Summary is written by Ishita Gupta, a student at Vivekananda Institute Of Professional Studies, GGSIPU Background Due to cultural and religious factors, India has historically been a patriarchal society. For generations, we have adhered to the traditional convention that women are inferior to males in all aspects of life. Though the paternalistic viewpoint…
This Case Summary is written by Nandini Arya, a student at National Law University, Jodhpur SYNOPSIS The Shatrughan Chauhan case is indeed a landmark judgement delivered by the honourable Supreme Court of India. It upheld death-row convicts’ rights irrespective of the nature of the crime committed. The court held that capital punishment of death-row convicts…
This Case Summary is written by Riyaa Jain, a student at Vivekananda Institute of Professional Studies INTRODUCTION Due to cultural and religious issues, India has historically been a patriarchal culture. For generations, we have adhered to the traditional convention that women are inferior to males in all aspects of life. In this recent decision, the…
To get daily updates, Join Team Attorneylex’s WhatsApp group. Also, check us out on Instagram and Twitter This Case Summary is written by Mayank rathor, a student at New Law College, Pune Table Of Content INTRODUCTION AND BACKGROUND The law of maintenance has its own importance. According to general and social concept of maintenance, it is the duty of…
This Case Summary is written by Pratyaksha Roy, a student at Army Institute of Law, Mohali INTRODUCTION The “Sabarimala Case” i.e., Indian Young Lawyers Association v. State of Kerala, is a landmark judgement pronouncing the exclusion of women in the age group of 10 to 50 years from worshipping in the Sabarimala temple as unconstitutional….
This Case Summary is written by Anisha Ghosh, a student at Adamas University, Kolkata “Worshiping goddess is necessary but giving equal treatment to women is mandatory” SYNOPSIS Although we live in 21st century but unfortunately our society’s thinking stands in 19th century. As a modern generation of this country we know that thinking has become…