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[2] Rishi Pandey, ‘Lifting Or Piercing Of Corporate Veil’ (LiveLaw, 15 December 2022)

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[5] Daimler Company v. Continental Tyre and Rubber Company (1916) 2 A.C. 307

[6] Prest v Petrodel Resources Ltd & Others [2013] UKSC 34

[7] Ibid.

[8] Costan v Manila Electric Co., 24 F (2d) 383

[9] State of U.P. & Ors v. Renusagar Power Co. & Ors. (1988) 4 SCC 59

[10] In Re: Dinshaw Maneckjee Petit (1927) 29 BOMLR 447

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[i] Ajith Kannan, newindianexpress.com, 16/01/2023.

[ii]  The Wayanad Action Committee to Prevent Wildlife Attack, a farmer organisation in the district o Wayanad Kerala State.

[iii] 2021 SCC OnLine Ker 2863

[iv] . W.P.(C) No. 000632 - / 2023

[v]  T.G.baby kutty's report english.mathrubummi.com dated 11/01/2024.

[vi] The Kerala Forest Department’s mission to capture the wild elephant, Arikomban, which has been terrorizing high-range villages in the Idukki district for the last five years. The elephant named Arikomban literarily mean rise tusker due to its habit of raiding shops for rice and other grains in the villages of Chinnakanal and Santhanpara of Kerala.

[vii] C. R. Neelakandan & Anr. v. Union Of India & Ors. [W.P.(C) No. 000632 - / 2023

[viii] Arikomban, the rice-eating wild elephant was translocated from Kerala to Tamil Nadu, following months of protests from conflict areas and heavy media attention.

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[1] WHO, Female Genital Mutilation, WORLD HEALTH ORGANISATION (Feb 3, 2020), https://www.who.int/news room/fact-sheets/detail/female-genital-mutilation.

[2] About the Dawoodi Bohra, The DAWOODI BOHRAS, https://www.thedawoodibohras.com/about-the-bohras/

[3] WHO, Female Genital Mutilation, WORLD HEALTH ORGANISATION (Feb 3, 2020), https://www.who.int/news room/fact-sheets/detail/female-genital-mutilation

[4] Constituent Assembly Debates, Vol. ii 781, Thursday, 2nd December 1948, available at http://164.100.47.194/loksabha/writereaddata/cadebatefiles/C02121948.html.

[5] Equality Now, FGM and The Law Around the World, EQUALITY NOW (June 19, 2019), https://www.equalitynow .org/the_law_and_fgm.

[6] Constitutionality of Female Genital Mutilation in India, Rishika Radhakrishnan,2021, https://www.ijlmh.com/constitutionality-of-female-genital-mutilation-in-india/.

[7] United Nations Population fund,Female genital mutilation (FGM) frequently asked questions, https://www.unfpa.org/resources/female-genital-mutilation-fgm-frequently-asked-questions.

[8] Yasmin Bootwala, “A Review of Female Genital Cutting in the Dawoodi Bohra Community: Part 3—the Historical, Anthropological and Religious Underpinnings of FGC in the Dawoodi Bohras”, 11 Current Sexual Health Reports 228 (2019).

[9] Sunita Tiwari v Union of India, W.P. (C) No.286/2017.

[10] Young Lawyers Association v. State of Kerala,  (2019) 11 SCC 1; 2018 (8) SCJ 609.

[11] Sunita Tiwari v. Union of India WP(C)No.286/17.

[12] Supra at 11.

[13] The Constitution of India, article 25.

[14] FEMALE GENITAL MUTILATION GUIDE TO ELIMINATING THE FGM PRACTICE IN INDIA, Lawyerscollective.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/Female-Genital-Mutilation-A-guide-to-eliminating-the-FGM-practice-in-India.pdf.

[15] WHO, Female Genital Mutilation, WORLD HEALTH ORGANISATION (Feb 3, 2020), https://www.who.int/news room/fact-sheets/detail/female-genital-mutilation.

[16] WHO, Female Genital Mutilation, WORLD HEALTH ORGANISATION (Feb 3, 2020), https://www.who.int/news room/fact-sheets/detail/female-genital-mutilation.

[17] Young Lawyers Association v. State of Kerala,  (2019) 11 SCC 1; 2018 (8) SCJ 609.

[18]  Durgah Committee, Ajmer v. Syed Hussain Ali, (1962) 1 SCR 383(India), p 33.

[19] H.M.Seervai, CONSTITUTIONAL LAW OF INDIA, (Universal Law Publishing, 4th ed., 1993), p 1269.

[20] Tilkayat Shri Govindlalji Maharajv. State of Rajasthan and Ors., AIR 1963 SC 1638(India), p 57.

[21] Kassamali N. Genital cutting. [ed.] Suad Joseph. Encyclopedia of Women & Islamic Cultures. Brill-Leiden, 2006, Vol. III, p 129–134.

[22] Kassamali N. Genital cutting. [ed.] Suad Joseph. Encyclopedia of Women & Islamic Cultures. Brill-Leiden, 2006, Vol. III, p 129–134.

[23] Manoj Narula v. Union of India 2014 (9) SCC 1.

[24] Sri Adi Visheshwara of Kashi Vishwanath Temple, Varanasi v. State of Uttar Pradesh, 1997 (4) SCC 606.

[25] The Constitution of India, 1950, Article 39(f).

[26] World Health Organization, Female Genital Mutilation, World Health Organisation (Mar. 30, 2020, 8:00 P.M.), https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/female-genital-mutilation.

[27]  Brian D. Earp, 2014,Female genital mutilation (FGM) and male circumcision: should there be a separate ethical discourse?.

[28] Sunita Tiwari v Union of India, W.P. (C) No.286/2017.

[29] World Health Organization, Female Genital Mutilation, World Health Organisation (Mar. 30, 2020, 8:00 P.M.), https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/female-genital-mutilation.

[30] Sunita Tiwari v Union of India, W.P. (C) No.286/2017.

[31] Ban on Female Genital Mutation, https://www.scobserver.in/reports/day-5-arguments-2/

[32] Aakriti Sharma and Anmol Chitranshi, Female Genital Mutilation: Evils Of Bygone Era, (2020) Indraprastha Law Review.

[33] International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation, 6 February, https://www.un.org/en/observances/female-genital-mutilation-day

[34] The Constitution of India, 1950, Art. 15(3)

[1] AIR 1951 SC 226

[2] INDIA CONST. art. 15, cl. 1.

[3] INDIA CONST. art. 29, cl. 2.

[4] INDIA CONST. art. 46.

[5] INDIA CONST. art. 37.

[6] State of Madras vs. C.R. Srinivasan, AIR 1951 SC 226.

[7] INDIA CONST. art. 16, cl. 4.

[8] Indra Swahney v Union of India, AIR 1993 SC 477.

[9] Ashok Kumar Thakur v. Union of India, AIR 1972 SC 660.

[10] Janhit Abhiyan v Union of India, WP (C) 55/2019.

[11] M.R. Balaji vs State of Mysore, AIR 1963 SC 649.

[12] Janaki Prasad Parimoo vs State of Jammu & Kashmir, AIR 1973 SC 930.

[13] State of Kerela v N.M. Thomas, AIR 1976 SC 490.

[14] Indra Sawhney vs Union of India, AIR 1993 SC 477.

[15] PP Rao, Reclaiming the Vision – Challenges of Indian Constitutional law And Governance,73 (Lexis

Nexis 2003).

[16] Id. at 71.

[1](Kharak Singh v. State of Uttar Pradesh AIR 1963 SC 1295)

[2](Sunil Batra v. Delhi Administration AIR 1978 SC 1675)

[3] (Maneka Gandhi v. UOI 1978 AIR 597; 1978 SCR)

[4] (Sarmishtha Chakraborty v. UOI WP (Civil) No. 431 of 2017)

[5] (Kharak Singh v. State of Uttar Pradesh AIR 1963 SC 1295)

[6] (K.S. Puttaswamy v. Union of India (2017) 10 SCC 1)

[7] (Cairo, 1994)

[8] (Suchita Srivastava v. Chandigarh Adm., (2009) 9SCC 1)

[9] (Mamta Verma v. Union of India (2018) 14 SCC 289)

[10] (Meera Santosh Pal v. Union of India (2018) 14 SCC 133)

[11] (Devika Biswas v. Union of India (2016) 10 SCC 726)

[12] (Suchita Srivastava v. Chandigarh Administration (2009) 9SCC 1)

[13](Mrs. X v. Union of India 2016 14 SCC 382)

[14] (Savita Sachin Patil v. Union of India W.P.(C) 121 of 2017, S.C.C., 28 Feb. 2017)

[15] (Anil Kumar Malhotra vs. Ajay Pisricha Civil Appeal No.4704/2013)

[16] (Paton v. Trustees of BPAS and Anr. (1978 2 All.ER.987))

[17] ( K.S. Puttaswamy and Anr. v. Union of India (2017) 10 SCC 1)

[18] (Satya v. Siri Ram AIR 1983 P H 252)

[19] ( Kumar Verma v. Usha A.I.R. 1987 Del. 86)

[20] (Suman Kapur v. Sudhir Kapur court (2009) 1 SCC 422)

[21] (Walters)