Welfare as a Human Right: An Intersectional Approach to Trans Rights in India
Image description: Protesters protesting the Transgender Bill in India in 2018. Judicial intervention has given the impetus for Indian queer politics to articulate its civil and political demands. However, there...
The Development of Disability Rights in the Indian Supreme Court
In a significant judgment delivered in February 2021, a three-judge bench of the Indian Supreme Court made a seminal contribution in advancing disability rights jurisprudence in India and globally. At...
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...
Toward an Empowering Disability Discourse in the Justice System: The Indian Supreme Court’s Call to Action
Image description: An old woman on a wheel chair being escorted to a polling booth in India. One of the many positive contributions of the Indian Supreme Court’s decision in...
Digital Disinformation in India: An Attack on Mental Autonomy
Image description: The words ‘fake news’ containing the word ‘propaganda’ inside the letters. Concern is mounting over the increase in disinformation or “fake news” spreading across Indian social media platforms...
Maitreyi Misra on Deathworthy
Delhi High Court Hears Petitions on Legalisation of Same-Sex Marriage in India
Image description: Wrapped in a gay flag at the Pride Parade, New Delhi. In Navtej Singh Johar v Union of India (2018) the archaic law under Section 377 of the...
Jayna Kothari on Vikash Kumar
Born to Live, Not Born to Work: The Implications of New Proposed Labour Regulations in India
Image description: A person working on a pottery wheel. The Indian government is currently considering allowing factories in India to extend daily permissible work hours from the current norm of...
The Need for Anti-Discrimination Laws in the Private Sector for the LGBTQ Community in India
Image description: A person holding a poster saying ‘protect LGBTQ workers now’. In 2018, the Supreme Court of India delivered a historic judgement in Navtej Singh Johar v. UOI, which...
Mandatory COVID-19 Vaccinations: Legality in the Indian Context
Image description: A child holding up a board reading ‘back to school vaccinations’. There is an older man standing in the background. COVID-19 has brought the world to a stand-still...
ARTS Bill: A Setback to Procreational Rights of the Queer Community in India?
Image description: Several people gathered on either side of a Pride (rainbow) flag. First approved by the Union Cabinet in 2020, the Assisted Reproductive Technology (Regulation) Bill was passed in...
