Article(s) of the
CEDAW
Provisions in the Constitution of India, Legislations,
Policies, Reports, and Judgements
Chapter 1)
3. Report of High-Level Committee on Status of Women, 2015
(Supra: Chapter 1)
4.
Draft National Policy for Women, 2016 (Supra: Chapter 1)
JUDGEMENTS:
1.
Rajbala v. the State of Haryana (2016) 1 SCC 463: The
Supreme Court upheld the constitutional validity of the Haryana
Panchayati Raj (Amendment) Act, which stipulates that individuals
contesting panchayat elections must have at least passed Class
10 (Class 8 for women and Dalit candidates).
2. Javed v. State of Haryana AIR 2003 SC 3057: The Supreme
Court upheld the constitutionality of a law that prohibits anyone
with more than two living children from holding certain public
offices in the Panchayati raj local government system of the state
of Haryana.
3. C.B. Muthamma v. UOI 1979 SCC (4) 260: The Supreme
Court struck down the service rules of IFS officers stating that
if a woman marries then the employer will have the right to
terminate her services.
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Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women
Gaps in the implementation
of CEDAW in India (G) and its
corresponding recommendations
(R)
bodies established to protect and
promote the rights of women
in line with the Paris Principles
relating to the National Human
Rights Institutions.14