Case Law Analysis
|Supreme Court of India
Article 14 & 15 | Married Daughters Cannot Be Excluded from 'Family' in Fair Price Shop Allotment: SC Strikes Down Uttar Pradesh G.O. as Discriminatory
The Supreme Court has ruled that excluding married daughters from the definition of 'family' for compassionate allotment of fair price shops violates constitutional guarantees of equality and non-discrimination. The judgment mandates that dependency and residence, not marital status, must determine eligibility - empowering millions of women who sustain households after a dealer's death, regardless of marriage.