Women's Rights Archives | Law and Other things

“Rubber-band” Secularism: How Islamic and Hindu majoritarianism repurpose colonial legal governance

On August 12, 2019 By Julia Stephens In Book Review, Comparative Law, Constitutional Law, Editor's Choice, Governance, Religion, Supreme Court of India, Women's Rights

In the conclusive post of the round-table book discussion, Professor Julia Stephens writes a response to the reviews for “Governing Islam: Law, Empire and Secularism in South Asia”. While analyzing the responses to her book, she simultaneously traces the paradigm of colonial secularism in the contemporary world

Governing Islam by Julia Stephens: A Response from Jhuma Sen

On July 31, 2019 By Jhuma Sen In Bombay High Court, Book Review, Constitutional Law, Governance, Religion, Supreme Court of India, Women's Rights

(As part of our blog round-table book discussion, this is the third of the substantive responses to Julia Stephen’s Governing Islam: Law, Empire and Secularism in South Asia, by Professor Jhuma Sen.) Governing Islam: Law, Empire, and …

Religious Denomination – Multiculturalism, Group Rights and the Constitution

On November 5, 2018 By Vivek Anandh In Constitutional Interpretation, Constitutional Law, Discrimination, Equality, Fundamental Rights, Judgment Analysis, Religion, Supreme Court of India, Women's Rights

This post analyses the Supreme Court’s attempt to reconcile its dominant liberalism/individualism based approach towards fundamental rights as against the group right claims under Article 26, in the recent Sabarimala verdict.

Sabarimala and the Essential Religious Practices Test

On October 31, 2018 By Vivek Anandh In Constitutional Interpretation, Constitutional Law, Discrimination, Equality, Fundamental Rights, Judgment Analysis, Supreme Court of India, Women's Rights

In this post, Vivek Anandh thematically analyses the important doctrinal conclusions on the ‘Essential Practices’ test and its discursive impact on the constitutional jurisprudence in the context of the Sabarimala Judgment.

Understanding the Sabarimala Verdict- Part III

On October 17, 2018 By Bhavisha Sharma In Constitutional Interpretation, Constitutional Law, Discrimination, Equality, Fundamental Rights, Privacy, Supreme Court of India, Women's Rights

This post is the concluding part of a three part series deconstructing the Sabrimala Verdict which opened the gates of temple to women devotees.

Understanding the Sabarimala Verdict- Part II

On October 17, 2018 By Chittkrishna Thakkar In Constitutional Interpretation, Constitutional Law, Discrimination, Fundamental Rights, Religion, Supreme Court of India, Women's Rights

This post is the second part of a three part series deconstructing the Sabarimala Verdict which opened the gates of temple to women devotees.

Understanding the Sabarimala Verdict- Part I

On October 15, 2018 By Bhavisha Sharma and Chittkrishna Thakkar In Constitutional Interpretation, Discrimination, Equality, Fundamental Rights, Legislation Analysis, Supreme Court of India, Women's Rights

This post is the first part of a three part series deconstructing the Sabrimala Verdict which opened the gates of temple to women devotees.

Book Launch & Conference on Women’s Human Rights

On December 2, 2017 By Sital Kalantry In Book Launch, Right to Equality, Women's 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 …

Feminist Judgment Project India: Call For Proposals

On September 13, 2017 By Guest In Call for Proposals, Constitutional Law, Courts, Women's Rights

By Jhuma Sen The Feminist Judgment Project India imagines the possibilities of collaborative writing of alternate judgments for several Indian cases across a broad range of legal issues having a significant bearing on women. At …

New Book: Women’s Human Rights and Migration: Sex-Selective Abortion Law in the United States and India

On July 28, 2017 By Guest In Book Launch, Comparative Law, Discrimination, Women's Rights

Posted on behalf of Sital Kalantry New Book: Women’s Human Rights and Migration: Sex-Selective Abortion Law in the United States and India published by the University of Pennsylvania Press 2017 In this new book, I …