Swapnil Tripathi is a lawyer and a DPhil student at the University of Oxford.
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Do Not Thwart Women’s Employment, Facilitate It: Indian Supreme Court Strikes Down Arbitrary Gender-Based Restrictions to Restaurant Orchestras
Image description: A group of women, many of whom are smiling or laughing.
The Indian Supreme Court recently delivered a pathbreaking judgment reminding the State of its obligation to facilitate the employment of women rather than ...
India’s sexual harassment law wouldn’t be effective unless we fix the issue of ‘Limitation’
Recently, the High Court of Delhi (India) refused to entertain a challenge to the dismissal of a Judicial Officer, who was found guilty for sexually harassing a Court Officer by the Internal Complaint Committee. This is one of the ...
Understanding the Indian Supreme Court Judgment on The Atrocities Act, Against Backward Classes
The Supreme Court of India recently rendered a historic judgment relating to the Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989 (Act). The Court in the case of S.K. Mahajan v. State of Maharashtra, laid down ...
The Dignity and Rights of Manual Scavengers in India
Manual scavenging has been called the worst surviving symbol of untouchability. The International Labour Organisation defines it as the removal of human excreta from public streets and dry latrines, and cleaning septic tanks, severs ...
