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…
This Case Summary is written by Reetambhar Kumar Das, a student at Adamas University, Barasat, Kolkata SYNOPSIS “Equality means more than passing laws. The struggle is really won in the hearts and minds of the community where it really counts”- Barbara Gittings. Section 377 of Indian Penal Code, 1860 was inserted in order to punish…
This Case Summary is written by Shriya Jain, a student at Vivekananda institute of professional studies, Delhi INTRODUCTION Even as we near the end of the twenty-first century, neither the sophisticated Western world nor traditional Asian and African countries can claim to have a gender-just society. Women, the most vulnerable members of the human species,…
This Case Summary is written by Yazhini B, a student at School of Excellence in Law SYNOPSIS The temple of Lord Ayyappa situated in Kerala restricts the entry of women within their menstruating age that are between the age of 10 to 50 years stating that the god is in the form of ” Naishtika…
This Case Summary is written by Medha Rudra, a student at KIIT School of Law, Odisha ABSTRACT The case of Anuradha Bhasin v. Union of India is a ray of hope as it stated that the Freedom of Speech and Expression over the Internet is a fundamental right. It recognized that freedom of press should…