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Mrs. Chatterjee v. Norway is a landmark case in international human rights law that was decided by the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) in June 2013. The case involved an Indian woman named Mrs. Chatterjee, who had been living in Norway with her husband and two children since 2002.<br><br>Mrs. Chatterjee's husband was offered a job in India and the family decided to move back there. However, Mrs. Chatterjee's children did not want to leave Norway as they had grown up there and had friends and education there. Mrs. Chatterjee decided to stay back in Norway with her children while her husband returned to India for work.<br><br>Mrs. Chatterjee applied for a family reunification visa for her husband to return to Norway, but her application was rejected by the Norwegian authorities. The reason given was that Mrs. Chatterjee's husband did not meet the minimum income requirements for family reunification under Norwegian law.<br>Mrs. Chatterjee appealed the decision, arguing that it violated her and her children's right to family life under Article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights. The case eventually made its way to the ECtHR, which ruled in favour of Mrs. Chatterjee.<br><br>The ECtHR held that Norway's minimum income requirements for family reunification violated Mrs. Chatterjee and her children's right to family life. The Court found that Norway had failed to strike a fair balance between the State's interest in controlling immigration and the individual's right to respect family life.<br>Mrs. Chatterjee v. Norway case is significant because it reaffirmed the importance of the right to family life in international human rights law, and emphasized the need for States to strike a fair balance between their immigration policies and the protection of individuals' human rights.<br>
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