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DIVORCE MADE EASIER: STRIKING DOWN SECTION 10A BY - HARISHRI S

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FACTORS DRIVING GLOBAL MIGRATION PATTERNS: A COMPARATIVE STUDY BY - ARYA MISHRA

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LEGALISATION OF SAME SEX MARRIAGE: A WAY TOWARDS REMOVING HOMOPHOBIA FROM THE SOCIETY BY - AAYUSHI SAXENA

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MERGERS & ACQUISITION IN INDIA BY – TALAT FATIMA & MS. SARITA YADAV

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^{^[62]} Navtej Singh Johar v Union of India, (2018) 10 SCC 1, ¶ 459 (per Chandrachud, J.).

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^{^[64]} John Vallamattom v Union of India, (2003) 6 SCC 611, ¶¶33, 36.

^{^[65]} S. Khushboo v Kanniammal, (2010) 5 SCC 600, ¶46.

^{^[66]} Navtej Singh Johar v Union of India, (2018) 10 SCC 1, ¶136 (per Misra, C.J.).

^{^[67]} Navtej Singh Johar v Union of India, (2018) 10 SCC 1, ¶474 (per Chandrachud, J.).

^{^[68]} Navtej Singh Johar v Union of India, (2018) 10 SCC 1, ¶¶93-99, 106, 190, 201-203 (per Misra, C.J.).

^{^[69]} K.S. Puttaswamy v Union of India, (2017) 10 SCC 1.

^{^[70]} Anuj Garg v Hotel Association of India, (2008) 3 SCC 1, ¶¶34-35.

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^{^[72]} An explicit statement to the effect that same-sex marriage was legalised, with the consequent and necessary changes to the various statutes governing marriage, would be obiter dictum, given that Navtej Johar was restricted to the question of §377 IPC.

^{^[73]} Navtej Singh Johar v Union of India, (2018) 10 SCC 1, ¶479 (per Chandrachud, J.).

^{^[75]} Shayara Bano v Union of India (2017) 9 SCC 1.

^{^[76]} The Hindu Marriage Act, 1955, §§7(2), 9, 13(2), 24.

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^{^[80]} Ruth Vanita. “Democratising Marriage: Consent, Custom and the Law in Law Like Love: Queer Perspectives on Law”, 338, 347, 352 (Arvind Narrain & Alok Gupta), 2011, pp. 338,347,352.

^{^[81]} Dissolution of Muslim Marriages Act, 1939, §4.

^{^[82]} Junaid Jahangir. “Same-Sex Unions in Islam.” 24(3) Journal of Theology and Sexuality 157, 2018.

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^{^[86]} The Indian Christian Marriage Act, 1872, §4.

^{^[87]} The Indian Christian Marriage Act, 1872, §60.

[88] See Special Marriage Act, 1954, §§ 4(c), 15(a).

[89] Nayantara Ravichandran. “Legal Recognition of Same-sex Relationships in India.” 5 J. IND. L. & SOC. 95, 105, 2014.

[90] Danial Latifi and Another v Union of India (2001) 7 SCC 740.

[91] Sachit Bhogle. “The Momentum of History- Realising Marriage Equality in India”, 12 NUJS L. Rev. 3-4 2019.

^{^[92]} The Madhya Pradesh High Court has held that the inability to procreate alone is not a sufficient ground for nullifying a marriage, and must be accompanied by a mental disorder that would make it unreasonable for the petitioner spouse to live with the spouse having the mental disorder. Alka Sharma v. Abhinesh Chandra Sharma, AIR 1991 MP 205.

^{^[93]} The Domestic Violence Act, 2005, §§2(a).

^{^[94]} The Domestic Violence Act, 2005, §2(f). See also Indra Sarma v. V.K.V. Sarma, (2013) 15 SCC 755, ¶¶38.5 (observing, obiter, that a domestic relationship between same-sex partners does not amount to a “relationship in the nature of marriage” under the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005).

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[6] Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2013

[8] State of Maharashtra v. Maruti Sripati Dubal (1987) 2 SCC 684

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(2) States Parties shall take all feasible measures to ensure that persons who have not attained the age of fifteen years do not take a direct part in hostilities.

(3) States Parties shall refrain from recruiting any person who has not attained the age of fifteen years into their armed forces. In recruiting among those persons who have attained the age of fifteen years but who have not attained the age of eighteen years, States Parties shall endeavour to give priority to those who are oldest.

(4) In accordance with their obligations under international humanitarian law to protect the civilian population in armed conflicts, States Parties shall take all feasible measures to ensure protection and care of children who are affected by an armed conflict.

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