Halpern v Kanada (AG)

Halpern v Canada (AG), [2003] O.J. No. 2268  wani yanke shawara ne na 10 ga Yuni, 2003 na Kotun daukaka kara ta Ontario wanda Kotun ta gano cewa ma'anar doka ta yau da kullun game da aure, wanda ya bayyana aure tsakanin namiji daya da mace daya, ya keta sashi na 15 na Yarjejeniyar 'Yancin Kanada da' Yanci.

 Tarihi 
Tushen shari'ar ya fara ne a watan Disamba na shekara ta 2000 a Cocin Metropolitan Community na Toronto, lokacin da fasto Brent Hawkes ya fara bayar da haramtacciyar aure  kafin yin bikin aure ga ma'aurata biyu na jinsi guda - Kevin Bourassa da Joe Varnell, da Anne da Elaine Vautour - a ranar 14 ga Janairu, 2001.  Saboda haramtacciyar aure ana karɓa a matsayin cikakkiyar hanyar doka don yin aure ba tare da buƙatar lasisin aure da aka bayar ba, amma auren da aka yi a ƙarƙashin kowane tsari yana buƙatar takardar shaidar mai rajista na lardin, haramtacciya ta haifar da rashin aiki na doka wanda zai tilasta shari'ar kotu.

A cikin shekara wasu ma'aurata masu jinsi guda da yawa, daga cikinsu Hedy Halpern da Colleen Rogers, da Michael Leshner da Michael Stark, sun shiga kalubalen kotu, wanda ya fara sauraro a Kotun Koli ta Ontario a watan Nuwamba na shekara ta 2001.

 Hukuncin Kotun Koli 
A ranar 12 ga Yuli, 2002, Kotun Koli ta yanke hukuncin cewa dole ne a ba da haƙƙin aure ga ma'aurata masu jinsi ɗaya, amma ta dakatar da hukuncin na tsawon shekaru biyu don ba da izinin Majalisar Dokoki ta Ontario ta bi hukuncin ta hanyar tsarin majalisa.[undefined] Koyaya, kamar yadda Kundin Tsarin Mulki na Kanada ya ba da cewa ma'anar aure tana ƙarƙashin ikon tarayya yayin da kawai aiwatarwa ta bar ga larduna, yanke shawara ta bar halin da ake ciki ba a bayyane ba har sai gwamnatin Jean Chrétien ta sanar a ranar 29 ga Yuli cewa za su daukaka kara. [undefined][1]

 Kotun daukaka kara 
Kotun da ta amince da ita ta gano cewa cire ma'aurata na jinsi ɗaya ya kasance cikakkiyar keta Yarjejeniya kuma baya ga haka ba ta zama "laifi mai ma'ana" a ƙarƙashin sashi na 1. A wannan bangaren hukuncin ya bi yawancin abin da aka yi mulki a wasu wurare.

Kotun ta kuma yanke hukuncin cewa ba za a dakatar da maganin ba yayin da ya shafi yawan jama'a, kuma sabon ma'anar da ke ba da damar ma'aurata masu jinsi guda su yi aure zai fara aiki nan da nan.

 Manazarta 

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