SC guideline on womens issues Flashcards
1
Q
what are guidelines?
A
- Forbid judges from making gender stereotypical comments.
2. Stopped courts from trying to mandate marriage or compromise between a sex offender and his victim.
2
Q
Vishaka Guidelines is related to?
A
sexual harassment of women in working places.
3
Q
About Permanent Commission for women.?
A
giving women Armed Forces officers equal access to Permanent Commission.
4
Q
Anuj Garg case is related to?
A
SC Disapproved the notion of romantic paternalism”, which, “in practical effect, put women, not on a pedestal, but in a cage”.
5
Q
What is romantic paternalism?
A
Belief based on “romantic” notion that women are the weaker or gentler sex. The law should provide them increased protections.
