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Article 4, UDHR.
No one shall be held in slavery or servitude; slavery and the slave trade shall be prohibited in all their forms.
Article 5, CEDAW
States Parties shall take all appropriate measures:
(a) To modify the social and cultural patterns of conduct of men and women, with a view to achieving the elimination of prejudices and customary and all other practices which are based on the idea of the inferiority or the superiority of either of the sexes or on stereotyped roles for men and women;
India
British Home Office, “India,” Country of Origin Information Report, 2006.
6.413 It was reported on 16 September 2003 by the BBC that India faced a key marriage ruling after a landmark ruling in the Calcutta High Court. An Indian man planned to appeal after the court ruled that he had no right to force his wife to live with his family. Two judges ruled that his wife should live with him but separately from her in-laws:
“When her husband refused to move out she sued him in a lower court, with the request that he be legally compelled to stay with her. When the lower court turned down her request, she took the case to the High Court…They ruled that a wife had the right to live separately with her husband, and could refuse to live with his parents and relatives. Legal experts say this judgement could have a huge impact on conjugal relations in India’s male-dominated society and if not overturned by the Supreme Court, could be used as case-law.”
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