“Courts have recognised that a seemingly neutral law might be a tool of oppression to a particular group. To truly achieve substantive equality, the impact of its provisions must be understood in the context of social realities,” said Chief Justice of India (CJI) D.Y. Chandrachud while delivering a lecture in Bengaluru on December 17.
The CJI delivered ‘The Inaugural Justice E. S. Venkataramiah Centennial Memorial Lecture’ organised by the National Law School of India University (NLSIU) on the topic of ‘Constitutional imperatives of the State navigating discrimination in public and private spaces.’ He stressed the need for the law to look beyond the binary of public and private spaces to battle discrimination in terms of gender, disability and caste.
