Social Exclusion Of Women, Based On Menstrual Status, Is A Form Of Untouchability: Justice DY Chandrachud

“Women have a right to control their own bodies. The menstrual status of a woman is an attribute of her privacy and person. Women have a constitutional entitlement that their biological processes must be free from social and religious practices, which enforce segregation and exclusion. These practices result in humiliation and a violation of dignity.”The judgment by Justice Dhananjaya...

Manipur Encounter Killings: Accused Army Personnel, AG Seek Recusal Of Justice Lokur’s Bench, Petitioners, Amicus Object

The Centre Friday questioned the Supreme Court for its reported remark terming as "murderers" some Manipur Police personnel, charge-sheeted in alleged fake encounter cases, saying it has "completely shaken" the morale of armed forces and security men operating in insurgency-hit areas.The government told a bench of Justices Madan B Lokur and Deepak Gupta that they supported the applications...

Sabarimala: Permitting PILs In Religious Matters Will Open Floodgates To Interlopers; Graver Perils For Religious Minorities: Justice Indu Malhotra’s Dissent

The Supreme Court on Friday permitted entry of women of all age groups to the Sabarimala temple, with a 4:1 majority, holding that “devotion cannot be subjected to gender discrimination”.Chief Justice Dipak Misra, Justice RF Nariman, Justice AM Khanwilkar and Justice DY Chandrachud constituted the majority, while the lone woman judge on the Bench, Justice Indu Malhotra dissented.Here are...

Not Exclusion But Allowing Women To Temple As A Devotee Is The Essential Practice Of Hindu Religion : CJI Dipak Misra [Read Judgment]

“In no scenario, it can be said that exclusion of women of any age group could be regarded as an essential practice of Hindu religion and on the contrary, it is an essential part of the Hindu religion to allow Hindu women to enter into a temple as devotees and followers of Hindu religion and offer their prayers to the deity. In the absence of any scriptural or textual evidence, we cannot...

Sabarimala Custom Must Yield To Fundamental Right Of Women To Worship : Justice Nariman [Read Judgment]

The judgment of Justice R F Nariman in the Sabarimala temple entry case held that the customs and usages of Sabarimala temple must yield to the fundamental right of women to worship in the temple. Although the rights claimed by the Thantri and the believers in the custom of the temple have protection under Article 25(1), the right of a woman believer is also protected under Article 25(1), and...

Breaking: Arrests Target Political Dissent, Justice Chandrachud Berates Police In Bhima Koregaon Arrests [Read Judgment]

Justice D Y Chandrachud expressed a strong dissent in the Bhima Koregaon case to hold the arrests of five activists to be wholly baseless and politically motivated. While the majority of CJI Dipak Misra and Justice A M Khanwilkar turned down the plea for a probe by Special Investigation Team, Justice Chandrachud opined that an SIT was necessary as Maharashtra police was biased in the...

Breaking:Not A Case Of Arrest For Dissent, SC Turns Down Plea For SIT In Bhima Koregaon Case By 2:1 Majority, Chandrachud.J Dissents [Read Judgment]

The Supreme Court on Friday, in a majority judgment authored by Justice A. M. Khanwilkar on behalf of Chief Justice Dipak Misra and himself, declined the prayer for a SIT probe into the Bhima-Koregaon violence and the chain of events leading to it.The judgment was rendered on a PIL filed by historian Romila Thapar and four other eminent persons challenging the alleged-unlawful arrest on August...

Breaking :Rationality Has No Place in Matters Of Faith : Justice Indu Malhotra Opposes Women Entry In Sabarimala [Read Judgment]

In a sharp dissent, Justice Indu Malhotra, the lone woman in the Constitution Bench which heard the Sabarimala matter, has opposed the entry of women of all age groups in the temple.She opined that issues of deep religious sentiments should not be ordinarily be interfered by the Court. The Sabarimala shrine and the deity has the protection under Articles 25 and 26 of the Constitution...

Breaking: Devotion Cannot Be Subjected To Gender Discrimination, SC Allows Women Entry In Sabarimala By 4:1 Majority; Lone Woman In The Bench Dissents [Read Judgment]

The Supreme Court has delivered one of the most keenly awaited judgment in Sabarimala case. by a 4:1 majority, the Court has permitted entry of women of all age groups to the Sabarimala temple, holding that 'devotion cannot be subjected to gender discrimination'.The lone woman in the bench, Justice Indu Malhotra, dissented.Chief Justice Dipak Misra, Justice R F Nariman, Justice A M Khanwilkar...

Adulterous Woman Can’t Be Treated As Victim And The Man, Seducer: Justice Indu Malhotra on Striking Down S.497IPC

Sec. 497IPC Can’t Be Called Beneficial Legislation, Can’t Take Cover Under Protective Discrimination Of Art. 15(3)It perpetuates stereotype, deprives women her right to prosecute.Striking Section 497IPC for not being gender-neutral, Justice Indu Malhotra has said in her part of the judgement that it would be unrealistic to proceed on the basis that even in a consensual sexual relationship...

Arrest Of Activists And Lawyers In Bhimakoregaon Case: SC To Pronounce Judgment Tomorrow [Read The Written Submissions For The Petitioners]

Supreme Court of India will pronounce the Judgment Tomorrow on petitions filed by Five eminent citizens led by Professor Romila Thapar against "arbitrary arrests" of human rights defenders including Sudha Bharadwaj and Gautam Navlakha citing "Maoist links" in the Bhimakoregaon case.Protesting the "arbitrary" arrests, the petition said the arrests were made without a shred of evidence and...

Differently-Abled/Visually-Impaired Persons Not To Be Deprived Of Benefits Of RTI Act: SC Asks Authorities To Explore Technology To Make Information Accessible To Them [Read Judgment]

“We say so as differently abled persons, which include visually impaired persons, should have the functional facility to receive such information as permissible under the Act.”The Supreme Court on Thursday disposed of a writ petition challenging Section 6 of the Right to Information Act for its ‘discrimination’ against the illiterate persons, the visually impaired persons or...