Almas Shaikh and Anjali Rawat

Almas Shaikh is a human rights lawyer from India. She is currently reading as a DPhil candidate at the University of Oxford and is a Barbara Mills Graduate Scholar in Law. She focuses on the role of intersectionality in Indian discrimination law, under the supervision of Professor Sandra Fredman. Anjali Rawat is a DPhil candidate at the Faculty of Law under the supervision of Professor Rachel Taylor and Professor Sandra Fredman. Her academic interests lie at the intersection of family law and constitutional rights. Her DPhil research focuses on the rights of women in the context of polygyny using the framework of substantive equality in a comparative study of India and South Africa. She is an Ambriti Salve Scholar at Exeter College and a Law Faculty Scholar. 

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Karnataka Hijab Ban Part 3: Unveiling the Need for an Intersectional Approach

Karnataka Hijab Ban Part 3: Unveiling the Need for an Intersectional Approach

This post continues the analysis of the ban on hijabs within the classroom in Karnataka, India (see also Part One and Part Two). Intersectional discrimination is at the core of the impact of the Government Order (GO) which brought ...
Karnataka Hijab Ban Part 2: The Irrelevant Relevance of Essential Religious Practices Test

Karnataka Hijab Ban Part 2: The Irrelevant Relevance of Essential Religious Practices Test

This blog continues Part 1 of the exploration of the Karnataka hijab case. The question of whether the wearing of hijabs is an essential religious practice (ERP) for Muslim women dominated recent proceedings before the Hight Court ...
Karnataka Hijab Ban Part 1: An Unveiling

Karnataka Hijab Ban Part 1: An Unveiling

This is a 3-part blog on the Hijab ban case in India. Part 1 traces the journey of the Hijab ban order, from the first incident in Udupi to the delivery of the Supreme Court judgment.  Part 2 delves deeper into the (ir)relevance of ...