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Supreme Court’s Monthly Review: October 2023
What happened at the Supreme Court in October 2023? We recap all the notable developments.
7th Nov 2023
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Marriage Equality Judgement: Overlooking fundamental rights
Justice Bhat’s refusal to uphold the directions to protect LGBTQIA+ persons seems inconsistent with his own understanding of Part III Rights
4th Nov 2023
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Monthly Review: October 2023
October saw the marriage equality judgement, revival of seven-judge benches, Justice Bhat’s retirement and more
3rd Nov 2023
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Marriage Equality: The courts were not the right forum to approach
The marriage rights of sexual minorities involve a polycentric dispute that falls squarely within the legislative domain
3rd Nov 2023
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A Long Road to Nowhere: On the Many Disappointments of the Marriage Equality Case
The Court undertook a selective reading of its own jurisprudence while upholding the constitutionality of the Special Marriage Act
27th Oct 2023
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SCO Explains: A Chief Justice in the minority: Why does this matter?
15% of dissents by a Chief Justice in a Constitution Bench were in the last two years alone. What does this mean?
25th Oct 2023
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SCO Explains: The plea for marriage equality judgement
A five-judge bench rejected the plea for queer persons right to marry in India. What did the Court say?
23rd Oct 2023
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Queer Persons’ Right to Marry: Court in Review
Tracing the Supreme Court's decisions on queer persons' right to marriage and family.
28th Jun 2023
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The Uses and Abuses of Marital Privacy
How strong is the marital privacy argument to justify marital rape exception in a post-Puttaswamy era?
22nd May 2023
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Plea for Marriage Equality Day #10
The petitioners concluded their rejoinder arguments and the Bench reserved judgement.
11th May 2023
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Plea for Marriage Equality Day #9
The respondents reiterated that Parliament was the only competent authority to recognise marriage equality.
10th May 2023
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Going Beyond Marriage: A Case for Relational Equality
Some of the petitions in the marriage equality case argue for more than the right to marry. They ask for the right to a chosen family.
10th May 2023
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