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AIYATHURAI THADCHANAMOORTHI ATTORNEY GENERAL AND OTHERS VADIVEL MAHENTHIRAN V. ATTORNEY GENERAL AND OTHERS |1978 1SLR 154

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The applicants in both applications had petitioned this Court under Article 126 of the Constitution of an infringement of a fundamental right by executive or administrative action. They alleged in their petitions that the acts, complained of constituted a violaton of the guarantee afforded to them in terms of Article 11 of the Constitution. (As both applications were similar in nature, in that both petitioners had alleged a violation of Article 11 of the Constitution, and as the officers against whom the allegations were made were the Inspector of Police…

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Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women, 1979

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Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women, 1979, Adopted and opened for signature, ratification and accession by General Assembly resolution 34/180 of 18 December 1979 entry into force 3 September 1981, in accordance with article 27(1). Noting that the Charter of the United Nations reaffirms faith in fundamental human rights, in the dignity and worth of the human person and in the equal rights of men and women, Noting that the Universal Declaration of Human Rights affirms the principle of the inadmissibility of discrimination and proclaims…

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The case of velmurugu vs the attorney general and other. the judgement was given by supreme court S. .C. NO. 74/81.

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The petitioner a member of the District Development Council for Amparai was prevented by army officers when travelling in a car with 3 others to go to the 4th Colony. He was stopped at the junction on the 4th colony and obliged to turn back and go back towards Kalmunai. On the way he apparently received various complaints of houses being burnt and assault. The petitioner put down the 3 persons who were in his car and proceeded back again towards the 4th Colony.  At this junction on the orders…

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