Sabarimala Review Order Is Against Constitutional Morality : Prof Upendra Baxi
Live LawThe 25th Justice Sunanda Bhandare Memorial Lecture was held on Friday by the Justice Sunanda Bhandare Foundation. The profound lecture was delivered by Prof. Upendra Baxi on "How to Engender the Basic Structure Doctrine? REFERENCE OF SABARIMALA IS AGAINST CONSTITUTIONAL MORALITY The lecture initiated with Prof. Baxi's criticism of the recent Supreme Court judgement with regard to the review petitions filed in the Sabarimala case. FEMINISED BASIC STRUCTURE IN VISHAKA AND TRIPLE TALAQ Prof. Baxi believes that the first instance of invocation of women's rights as a part and parcel took place in the Vishaka case. By invoking the case of Vishaka vs. State of Rajasthan, Prof. Baxi reminded us of the Vishaka Guidelines which had been formulated by the Supreme Court of India acknowledged the importance of the availability of a safe working environment in order to provide women appropriate recourse in cases of sexual harassment occurring at workplaces.