Legal challenges faced by single women in India regarding surrogacy and bias in the Surrogacy (Regulation) Act, courts, highlight need for legal reform to uphold reproductive rights
Families and communities often used the notification requirement under the Special Marriages Act to harass inter-faith, inter-caste couples. This could happen to non-heterosexual couples as well
Jayna Kothari writes: It has upheld the right of all women to make their own reproductive decisions. It has recognised that deprivation of access to reproductive healthcare affects the dignity of women
Jayna Kothari writes: The object of the State in enacting Section 375 of the Indian Penal Code is not to protect marriages, but to protect all women against violent sexual assault.
By noting that the woman has a right to put up her grievance on any platform and even after a long time, it affirms what survivors of sexual violence have been arguing for, for years.
In two separate instances, advocates’ associations in Karnataka have passed resolutions preventing any legal representation for persons who were involved in protests against the CAA and charged under different criminal offences.
