JUDGEMENT

INDEX TO THE JUDGMENT PRELUDE ............................................................................................... 3 RELIEFS SOUGHT BEFORE THIS COURT ..................................... 4 FACTUAL BACKDROP ......................................................................... 7 ORDERS PASSED BY THIS COURT ................................................. 10 SUBMISSIONS ON BEHALF OF PETITIONER ............................. 11 W.P.(CRL) 3502/2023 Page 2 of 64 SUBMISSIONS ON BEHALF OF STATE ......................................... 16 REPORT OF AMICUS CURIAE ......................................................... 17 ISSUES AT THE CORE ....................................................................... 20 WHO IS A PARDANASHIN WOMAN ............................................... 21 Meaning in Strict Legal Connotation of the Term ......................................... 21 Judicial Precedents defining ‘Pardanashin Woman’ ....................................... 23 The Changing Meaning and Notions of the Concept of ‘Pardanashin Woman’ ................................................................................................................ 26 PAR