HC on Pension: Kerala High Court Slams State Government for Citing Patriarchal Notions While Denying Father's 'Freedom Fighters Pension' to His Daughter
The high court said that the state government's decision was based on the grounds that two of the woman's brothers were in a position to take care of her. "Merely because the petitioner has two brothers, an automatic assumption drawn that she would be taken care of by them for her life, can only be seen to be one solely on account of the afore notions and nothing else," the Court said.
The Kerala High Court recently came down heavily on the State government for citing patriarchal notions to deny a father's Freedom Fighters Pension to his daughter. The single-judge Justice Devan Ramachandran, while slamming the state government, said that the state's decision smacked archaic patriarchal notions. The high court said that the state government's decision was based on the grounds that two of the woman's brothers were in a position to take care of her. "Merely because the petitioner has two brothers, an automatic assumption drawn that she would be taken care of by them for her life, can only be seen to be one solely on account of the afore notions and nothing else," the Court said. HC on Sex-Selection Surgery: Kerala High Court Refuses To Direct Sex Selective Operation of Seven-Year-Old, Asks State Government to Constitute Committee To Examine Request.
HC on Pension
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