Redefining Parenthood: A Milestone for Adoptive Mothers and the Quest for Gender-Neutral Parental Benefits in India
On 17th March 2026, the Supreme Court of India (‘The Court’) in Hamsaanandini Nanduri v Union of India & Ors struck down Section 60(4) of the Code on Social Security,...
Love under Watch: Gujarat’s Marriage Amendment and the Limits of Personal Freedom
The recent proposed amendment to Gujarat’s Registration of Marriages Act, 2006, is a troubling expansion of state involvement in the most private and intimate choices of adult citizens. Under the...
The Torturous Failure of CCTV Surveillance in Indian Custodial Spaces
The persistence of custodial violence within the Indian criminal justice system is constituting the grave rupture to the constitutional guarantee of fundamental right to life and liberty under Article 21...
Judging the Judge: India’s Curriculum Ban and Democratic Accountability
On February 26, 2026, India’s Supreme Court took suo motu cognizance of a grade 8 NCERT textbook chapter titled “Corruption in the Judiciary,” directing seizure of all circulating copies and...
From Self-Identification to Medicalisation: A Troubling Direction for Transgender Recognition in India
On 13 March 2026, the Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Amendment Bill, 2026 (the Bill) was introduced in the Indian Parliament by the Ministry for Social Justice and Empowerment. It...
From “Invisible Help” to Constitutional Workers: The Supreme Court’s Call for Domestic Workers’ Rights in India
The care economy in India depends fundamentally on domestic workers, yet their labour remains largely invisible in law and policy. Estimates suggest India has over 50 million domestic workers, the...
Punitive Use of Preventive Powers in India
On 24th September 2025, four people were killed in police firing after protests for statehood in Ladakh turned violent. On the heels of this unfortunate incident, climate activist Sonam Wangchuk...
Reproductive Agency is not a Courtesy, It’s a Right of a Woman with Intellectual Disabilities in India
Almost a decade after the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (“RPWD”) Act, 2016, women with intellectual disabilities (WID) continue to have their reproductive rights miscast as matters of protection rather...
When Presumption of Guilt Meets Indefinite Detention: India’s Anti-Terror Law Dilemma
Can a constitutional democracy legitimise exceptional liberty burdens by declaration? India’s Supreme Court recently grappled with this question in a landmark ruling that exposes fault lines between counter-terrorism imperatives and...
Timidly Groundbreaking: The Indian Supreme Court’s Judgement on the Right to Menstrual Health
“We wish to communicate to every girl child who might have become a victim of absenteeism because her body was perceived as a burden, that the fault is not hers.”...
Between recognition and protection: gig workers and the incomplete promise of India’s labour reforms
On 1st January, 2026, lakhs of gig workers across India staged a nationwide strike. Weeks earlier, in November, the Government had introduced four major labour reforms: the Code on Wages,...
Rights In Crisis – Rethinking Cash Transfers, Care Work, and Justice
https://soundcloud.com/oxhrh/rights-in-crisis-rethinking/s-UEC1xf1c3ce?si=8cb08830c9fe4377994f095e90b23df2&utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing ‘Rights in Crisis’, is a new RightsUp series from the Oxford Human Rights Hub in collaboration with the Oxford India Centre for Sustainable Development. The series will feature topics...
