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Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) and it is the obligation of the State to eradicate taboos and
further the State cannot take defense of custom or tradition to avoid their obligation. In the case of
Vishaka and others v. State of Rajasthan1 and others it was cited to submit that when there is a void in
the domestic law or when there is any inconsistency in the norms for construing the domestic law then
international convention shall come into play.
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(1997) 6 SCC 241