Jurisprudencia

India

Experta en jurisdicción: Anjali Rawat

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Supreme Court of India

Materia
Residence orders in Domestic Violence cases- Entitlement to a right to reside in the ‘shared household’, where wife was residing at the time of complaint, even though belonging to the husband’s relatives
ROL/RIT de identificación
Civil Appeal no. 2483 of 2020
Referencia de las normas

Power to do complete justice under Article 142

Gender equality; Protection from domestic violence; Discrimination

Materia
Exceptional ground of divorce upon irretrievable breakdown of marriage- Only under Supreme Court’s power to do complete justice
ROL/RIT de identificación
Civil Apepal no 1835 of 1997; AIR 1997 SC 1226
Referencia de las normas

Gender equality; Freedom of religion; Dignity

Materia
Practice of solemnizing second marriage by conversion to Islam which allows polygamy is not legal
ROL/RIT de identificación
Writ Petitions (Civil) 347/90, 509/92 and 424/92; AIR 1995 SC 1531
Referencia de las normas

Gender Equality; Freedom of religion


Nondiscrimination and women’s equality under international conventions, CEDAW, International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights 1966, UDHR [See: Judgment, Para 72]

Materia
Talaq-e-Biddat or Triple Talaq (Instant Divorce) under Muslim Personal Laws declared unconstitutional
ROL/RIT de identificación
Writ Petition (Civil) 118 of 2016; (2017) 9 SCC 1
Referencia de las normas

Equality of status and opportunity; Individual dignity; Right to property without discrimination against nonmarital children; Social reform

Materia
Right to Inheritance of Hindu Joint Family Property for Children born outside wedlock
ROL/RIT de identificación
Civil Appeal no. 2844 of 2011
Referencia de las normas

Equality; Non-discrimination; Anti-stereotyping; Liberty; Autonomy; Dignity; Privacy

Materia
Decriminalisation of Adultery
ROL/RIT de identificación
Writ Petition (Criminal) no 194 of 2017, AIR 2018 SC 4898
Referencia de las normas

Right to equality; Gender discrimination 

Materia
Women’s right to Hindu Joint Family property- Retrospective application of Section 6
ROL/RIT de identificación
Civil Appeal Diary no. 32601/2018; (2020) 9 SCC 1
Referencia de las normas

Gender equality; Non-discrimination; Basic feature of the Constitution 

Materia
Increase in the age of consent in child marriages- Exception to Rape within Child Marriages annulled
ROL/RIT de identificación
Writ Petition (Civil) 382/2013
Referencia de las normas

Choice; Liberty; Freedom of religion; Kafala of Islamic Law, Article 20(3) CRC

Materia
Adoption of children under civil law regardless of religion, caste, class or creed
ROL/RIT de identificación
Writ Petition (Civil) No. 470 /2005
Referencia de las normas

Right to privacy; Welfare of the child is of paramount consideration; Child’s right to know the identity of his parents; Parental Obligations 


Obligations under the CRC
 

Materia
Single unwed mother’s right to appointment as sole guardian without disclosure of father’s name
ROL/RIT de identificación
Civil Appeal no 5003 of 2015, (2015) 10 SCC 1
Referencia de las normas

Gender equality; Reproductive rights- Privacy, dignity, and bodily integrity


Special care and assistance for motherhood, Article 25(2), UDHR; Non-discrimination on the grounds of marriage or maternity, Article 11(2)(b), CEDAW