Constitutional Court of South Africa
Up one levelConstitutional Court of South Africa cases and judgments.
Bannatyne v Bannatyne - Case No. CCT18/02 (20 December 2002)
Keywords: Maintenance Court order replacing order of High Court - High Court order no longer enforceable.
Christian Education South Africa v. Minister of Education - Case No. CT4/00 (18 August 2000)
Keywords: Corporal punishment (whipping), religious rights, constitutional rights, schools.
Minister for Welfare and Population Development v. Fitzpatrick and others - Case No. CCT08/00 (31 May 2000)
Keywords: best interest of the child, constitutional rights, Child Care Act 74 of 1983, adoption, children's court.
Fraser v. Children's Court, Pretoria North and others - Case No. CCT 31/96 (5 February 1997)
Keywords: best interest of the child, adoption, rights of the father of an "illegitimate child", constitutional rights, Child Care Act 74 of 1983, Children's Court.
S v. Williams - Case No. CCT 20/94 (9 June 1995)
Keywords: juvenile justice, corporal punishment (whipping), constitutional rights, Criminal Procedure Act, sentencing.
Government of RSA and others v. Grootboom and others - Case No. CCT11/00 (4 October 2000)
Keywords: right to basic nutrition, shelter, basic health care and social services. (Note: the lower court ruling is available below)
Sonderup v. Tondelli - Case No. CCT 53/00
Key words: Hague Convention on Child Abduction, constitutionality of; Section 28 of the SA Constitution; jurisdiction.