JOO v. Attorney General & six others
Country: KenyaYear: 2018
Court: High Court of Kenya at Bungoma
Citation: [2018] eKLR
The Petitioner, Josephine Majani, was a woman from a poor economic background, who was in need of maternal care. As she could not afford private medical care, she went to Bungoma County Referral Hospital, a public health care facility that ought to provide free maternal health care following a Presidential directive that was issued on …Read more
Transgender Europe and ILGA-Europe v. the Czech Republic
Country: Czech RepublicYear: 2018
Court: European Committee of Social Rights
Citation: Complaint No. 117/2015
Transgender Europe and ILGA-Europe, the petitioners, filed a complaint before the European Committee of Social Rights (hereinafter “the Committee”). The plaintiffs alleged before the Committee that the situation in the Czech Republic was in breach of art.11 either alone or in light of the non-discrimination clause of the Preamble to the 1961 European Social Charter …Read more
Meadows v. Khan
Country: United KingdomYear: 2017
Court: High Court of Justice Queen’s Bench Division
Citation: [2017] EWHC 2990 (QB)
The claimant, Omodele Meadows, brought this case before the High Court of Justice to recover additional costs for raising her son, Adejuwon, who suffered from Hemophilia and autism. Prior to her pregnancy, the claimant, after seeing her nephew diagnosed with hemophilia, had taken blood tests to determine whether she was a carrier and was informed …Read more
Federation of Catholic Families in Europe v. Sweden
Country: SwedenYear: 2015
Court: European Committee of Social Rights
Citation: Complaint No. 99/2013
The complainant, Federation of Catholic Families in Europe (FAFCE), had alleged violation of Article 11 of the European Social Charter(hereinafter Charter) on the ground that the government of Sweden (hereinafter respondent) had failed to enact legislation or insufficient/poorly implement legislation governing the practice of conscientious objection by health care providers, which had led to discrimination …Read more
Hallo Bi @ Halima W/O Aamin v. State of Madhya Pradesh & two Others
Country: IndiaYear: 2013
Court: High Court of Madhya Pradesh
Citation: 2013SCCONLINEMP445
The petitioner in the present case was a pregnant woman, languishing in jail for allegedly committing murder under Section 302 of the Indian Penal code, of Usman, who forced her into prostitution and committed rape on her. An application for termination of her pregnancy was rejected by the Chief Judicial Magistrate and therefore the case …Read more
R v Kuoth
Country: AustraliaYear: 2010
Court: Supreme Court of Victoria – Court of Appeal
Citation: [2010] VSCA 103
The applicant Mr.Kuoth was sentenced by the County Court of Victoria on two counts, which were related to the same victim and the same evening, but were separated in time. He was sentenced to punishment for his reckless conduct endangering persons under s.23 of the Crimes Act 1958, where he had unprotected sex with the …Read more
R v Parenzee
Country: AustraliaYear: 2007
Court: Supreme Court South Australia (Court of Criminal Appeal)
Citation: [2007] SASC 316
The appellant, Mr. Parenzee, had filed an application seeking permission to appeal against the decision of the trial Judge before the Full Bench of the Supreme Court of South Australia. The ground for the appeal as put by the appellant was a miscarriage of justice caused by the absence of a piece of evidence at …Read more
Nand Kishore Sharma and Ors. vs. Union of India and Anr.
Country: IndiaYear: 2006
Court: High Court of Rajasthan
Citation: AIR 2006 Raj 166, 2006 WLC Raj UC 411
The petitioner, a social activist, filed a writ petition to challenge the constitutionality of the Medical Termination of Pregnancy Act, 1971. Specifically, the petitioner alleged that Section 3(2) (a) and (b), and Explanations 1 and 2 which allow termination of pregnancy in exceptional cases after receiving the opinion of the registered medical practitioner, violated the …Read more