Table of Cases- 1.) Meera Dhungana on behalf of FWLD v HMG 2.) Tuka Ram And Anr vs State Of Maharashtra 1979 AIR 185, 1979 SCR (1) 810 3.) Vishaka sawhney Vs State of Rajasthan AIR 1997 SC 3011, (1998) 4.) Bhe v Khayelitsha Magistrate 5.) Prosecutor v Tadic, Prosecutor v Furundžija, and Prosecutor v Kunarac, Kovac & Vukovic. (Kunarac); and Prosecutor v Akayesu 6.) Gonzalez and others (“Cotton Field”) v Mexico 7.) Lovelace v Canada 8.) The Attorney General of The Republic of Botswana v Unity Dow 9.) Judgment of the Constitutional Court of Colombia 10.) Fernandes v Brazil 11.) Şahide Goekce (deceased) v Austria and Fatma Yildirim (deceased) v Austria 12.) Air India Vs Nargesh Meerza [(1981) 4 SCC 335] 13.) Mohammad Ahmed Khan Vs Shah Bano Begum 1985 AIR 945, 1985 SCR (3) 844 14.) Sarla Mudgal Vs Union of India 1995 AIR 1531, 1995 SCC (3) 635 15.) Mackinnon Mackenzie Vs Audrey D’costa 1987 AIR 1281 STATUES 1. Constitution of India • Article 14 (Equality before law) • Article 15 (Prohibition of discrimination on grounds of religion, caste, sex, or birth place) 2. Article 16 (equality of opportunity in matters of public employment) The Immoral Traffic (Prevention) Act, 1956 3. The Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961 (28 of 1961) (Amended in 1986) 4. The Indecent Representation of Women (Prohibition) Act, 1986 5. The Commission of Sati (Prevention) Act, 1987 (3 of 1988) 6. Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005 7. The Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (PREVENTION,
Equality Act 2010 is the law that bands unfair treatment and helps achieve equal opportunities in the work place and wider society.
The Equality Act (2010) is designed to address unfair discrimination, harassment and victimisation and advance equality of opportunity and ensure good relations between people who share a protected characteristic and those who do not. These characteristics are age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion and belief, sex and sexual orientation.
The Equality Act 2010 is the law which bans unfair treatment and helps achieve equal opportunities in the workplace and in wider society.
The equality act promotes non discriminatory practice unlawful discrimination, harassment and any other acts that are prohibited. They have an equality of opportunities between people have the same protected characteristics and people who do not have the same.
The Equality Act became law on the 1st of October, 2010, replacing prior legislation such as the Race Relations Act 1976 and the Disability Discrimination Act 1995. Broadly, it ensures regularity in what employers and employees are required to do to make their workplaces a fair environment, conform and abide with the law, defining the nine protected characteristics, Age, Disability, Gender reassignment, Marriage and civil partnership, Pregnancy and maternity, Race, Religion or belief, Sex, Sexual orientation
What was the ruling of the court at the trial level and briefly explain the trial judge’s decision?
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The Equality Act protects people from a number of things including discrimination, harassment and victimisation. Discrimination is when people are treated less favourably because of a protected characteristic. For example, someone’s employer may say that he/she
Analyze Luxford & Anor v Sidhu & 3 others [2007] NSWSC 1356 (3 December 2007) as follows:
singh 1 singh 4 Saurav Singh Sherry Sharifian GOVT 2305 11th November, 2017 Civil Rights and liberties "Civil rights" 1 and "civil liberties" are terms that are frequently used in the same way but the terms are actually very distinct. Rights are fundamental regulative rules that is primary things which should be provided to every citizen of the country. In 1776 Thomas Jefferson brought the Declaration of Independence which conveyed a message of all men are created equal and everybody should be treated equally. After the Declaration of Independence the black were still treated badly and made enslaved so, they started protesting and demanding for the equal right and protection under the law. So, finally in 1968 Civil Right Act was passed that restricted all types of banned which was prevailing due to color, sex, religion and national origin.
* The Equality Act (2010) is legislation to protect against discrimination and disadvantages (Equality and human rights commission: no date)
To critically evaluate the impact of the cases R v Bugmy and R v Munda on the existing case law.
Before the Partition of India, in 1947, India was considered a country with a reasonably peaceful history. However, during and after the Partition, sexual violence, both towards men and women, escalated, resulting in the rape and abduction of over 80,000 women. Cracking India, by Bapsi Sidhwa, tells a story that highlights these violent acts by both Muslims and Hindus, through the eyes of a disabled young Parsi girl named Lenny, who witnesses first hand the violence of Partition when she mistakenly participates in the abduction of her ayah, Shanta. Throughout Cracking India, Lenny observes as the religions involved in Partition become increasingly violent towards both men and women, within their own religions and against others.