Landmark case · Law Relating to Women · Semester 6
Shayara Bano v. Union of India
(2017) 9 SCC 1 · Supreme Court of India
Unilateral instant divorce leaves women without dignity or economic security and is unconstitutional.
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