August 3, 2018 was a proud day for the Law and Other Things (LAOT) family. One of the former editors of the blog, Dr. Tarunabh Khaitan, received the inaugural Letten prize for his work on …
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Tag: Discrimination
‘I decide who I am’ : The Self-Identification Question in The Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Bill, 2016
The Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Bill, 2016 (‘the Bill’), has failed the transgender community, and severely waters down the guarantees of the NALSA judgement. (Its several critiques can be found here and here). One …
Continue readingExplaining Indirect Discrimination
For readers interested in a quick primer on indirect discrimination law, this podcast interview (about 16.5 minutes long) might be of interest. A longer explanation in print can be found here.
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Reimagining the Vision of Religion-based Sex Discrimination Through Sabarimala
(Guest post by Shreya Atrey) On a friend’s invitation, I attended a Sabbath service at her synagogue, which is part of the Jewish Renewal movement. The Rabbi welcomed the ‘newcomers’ individually. As a secularist, …
Continue readingFormer Chief Justice Kabir’s legacy and some recent instances of judicial activism
Former Chief Justice Altamas Kabir has delivered a few judgments towards the end of his tenure, which are noteworthy. Among these is Subhas Popatlal Dave v. UOI in which, contrary to the decade-long tradition of …
Continue readingHouses for Brahmins, Marrying Specially and Apolitical Politics
Three issues we like to track on this blog: 1. Housing discrimination: This advert has sparked some debate on the internet. It has an image of a billboard advertising flats ‘only for Brahmins’. Regular readers …
Continue readingAnalysing the Khairlanji verdict
Shekhar Hattangadi’s recent piece on the Bombay High Court’s judgment explains why justice has not been meted out to the Khairlanji victims, and how the judgment ignores “multiple motive” concept in criminology. It also points …
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