Supreme Court of India

Voluntary Health Association of Punjab v. Union of India and Others

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Reported as [2016] 8 S.C.R. 192

Bench Dipak Misra and Shiva Km.Ti Singh JJ.

Decided 8 November 2016

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What the Court ordered

Before parting with the case, let it be stated with certitude and without allowing any room for any kind of equivocation or ambiguity, the perception of any individual or group or organization or system treating a woman with inequity, indignity, inequality or any kind of discrimination E is constitutionally impermissible.

Judgment, page 30

Authorities it was built on

1997 Ajit Savant Majagavi v. State of Karnataka cited by 8

Where later benches applied it

2019 Federation of Obstetrics and Gynecological Societies of India (fogsi) v. Union of India and Others referred to
2018 Shakti Vahini v. Union of India and Others referred to
2018 Union of India v. Indian Radiological and Imaging Association and Ors. Etc. Etc. referred to
2017 Dr. Sabu Mathew George v. Union of India & Ors. referred to
2017 Santhini v. Vijaya Venketesh referred to

Of those, 5 referred to

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