In September 2018, the Indian Supreme Court passed the landmark verdict in Navtej Singh Johar v. Union of India which decriminalised same sex relations between consenting adults. This momentum was followed by the Madras High Court …
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The Code on Wages Bill 2017: An Assault on Women’s Right to Equality in Employment
Guest post by Saurabh Bhattacharjee The Code on Wages Bill 2017 was introduced in the Lok Sabha in August 2017 as part of the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) Government’s attempt to catalyse the process of labour …
Continue readingBook Launch & Conference on Women’s Human Rights
You are cordially invited to attend a conference on International Human Rights Day (December 10th) at the Habitat Centre in New Delhi, India to discuss the legal and policy responses to gender-biased sex selection in …
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Seeing Persecution: Koushal, s 377 and Evidence of Human Rights Abuses
Suresh Kumar Koushal v Naz Foundation (“Koushal”) is a bad decision which must be overturned. This is not a new or an original observation. (See, for example, most of December 2013 on this blog.) This …
Continue readingSabrimala Temple Entry Cases: Questions Before the Court
Guest Post by Vivek Anandh, an advocate in the Delhi High Court The recent decision of the Supreme Court to refer the Sabarimala Temple entry issue to a larger constitutional bench has thrown up a …
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