Mihika is a DPhil candidate in law at the University of Oxford, working on legal recognition of personal identities, including race, sex/gender and caste. Mihika competed the MPhil in Law in 2021, and obtained the Bachelor of Civil Law (BCL) with Distinction on a Rhodes Scholarship. Mihika is also a qualified Indian lawyer. Her interests include human rights, equality, climate change and constitutional law.
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Recognition Without Rights? Reflecting on For Women Scotland and the Future of Legal Sex
Last week, the UK Supreme Court held that the terms “man,” “woman,” and “sex” in the Equality Act 2010 (EA) refer only to birth-assigned sex (‘biological’ sex) and not acquired or certificated sex on a Gender Recognition Certificate ...
UKSC to decide what ‘Woman’ means in the Equality Act 2010
The UK Supreme Court (UKSC) is poised to deliver its judgment in For Women Scotland v The Scottish Ministers, examining whether 'woman' under the Equality Act 2010 (EA) includes trans women with a Gender Recognition Certificate (GRC) ...
Love, Lies, and the Law: The Quandary of Criminalising False Promise to Marry in India
Indian law is notorious for censuring sexuality outside of marriage, especially for women. A pertinent example is the criminalisation of a ‘false promise to marry’ (FPM) as rape, which recent law reforms will now treat as a separate ...
