Landmark case · Law Relating to Women · Semester 6
Joseph Shine v. Union of India
(2019) 3 SCC 39 · Supreme Court of India
Criminal law must not reinforce patriarchal control over a woman's sexual autonomy.
From topic
Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005 — Unit II, Law Relating to Women.
Related sections:
- Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005, 2(a)/(f)/(q) — Aggrieved person, domestic relationship and respondent
- Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005, 3 — Definition of domestic violence
- Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005, 12 — Application to the Magistrate
- Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005, 18–23 — Protection, residence, monetary, custody and interim orders