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race, caste or any other like basis. In fine, there should be a reasonable relationship
of proportionality between the means used and the aim pursued.”
Though it was a case relating to employment, those observations made by the
Apex Court referring to the provisions in the Act and resolutions in the CEDAW
are equally applicable in the case of students also, who attained majority and those
who want to enforce discipline as their guardian angels should be conscious of the
need of the hour to get the children armed with the modern techniques to compete
in the developing world and to come out successful. For that purpose restrictions
as impugned would be completely out of place.
15.
As found by the Apex Court in Charu Khurana v. Union of India
(2015) 1 SCC 192, women still face all kinds of discrimination and prejudice and
the days when women were treated as fragile, feeble, dependent and subordinate
to men, should be a matter of history.
16.
In the judgment in Puttaswamy's case (supra) the Apex Court held
that right to privacy is held to be an intrinsic part of the right to life, personal
liberty and dignity and hence a fundamental right under part III of the
Constitution.
17.
In the judgement in S.Rengarajan and others v. P. Jagjivan Ram:
(1989) 2 SCC 574, while considering a case where the action of revoking U
certificate issued for a film for public exhibition was under challenge, the Apex
Court held that censors should be responsive to social changes and they must go
with the current climate; it was held that freedom of expression which is legitimate
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