Equality

Equality

Karnataka’s new Devadasi Bill ushers an era of legal precarity for the gender diverse Jogappa community
In Odisha’s courts, bail conditions reek of caste discrimination
Are the judges free from caste bias?
Reframing India’s student suicide crisis as a ‘constitutional injury’
The Muslim electorate at margins in Bihar
Chief Justice Gavai just spoke the truth. Legal education was never equal.
If Elon and Trump were a gay couple in India, they’d be screwed (legally speaking, of course)
By restoring an archaic senior designation process, the SC took away more than it aimed to give
SC’s ruling on maternity benefit as fundamental rights opens doors, but procedural questions demand clarity
How provincial and princely politics around language and sovereignty shaped Indian Constitution’s making: A multi-part series
In the three-year mandatory practice debate, clinical legal education offers a third way
A case for reforming the law on sanction for prosecution
The SC’s three year practice ruling is a case study in ‘indirect discrimination’
Challenge to the Waqf amendment: As SC reserves interim order, a look-back on three days of arguments
A ‘refuge’ from learning: India’s longstanding dilemma on Rohingya education
How does Karnataka fare in transgender welfare?: Takeaways from the 2025-26 budget
Challenge to the Waqf amendment: A complete run-down of the Union’s counter-affidavit and rejoinders by petitioners
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The gaping flaws in India’s long march to disability justice
As India's NHRC gets a downgraded 'B' status, a logical conclusion to its steady decline of autonomy
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On thinking and questioning
SC allows untainted candidates selected for Assistant Teachers for Classes 9 - 12 to continue till fresh recruitment completed: Everything so far in WBSSC recruitment scam case
The more they remain the same: Why protests against the new labour codes might be lacking popular grassroots support
Challenge to the Waqf amendment: After two days of hearings, Supreme Court orders that waqf, whether registered or declared by notification, will not be denotified
Contrary to Prime Minister Modi’s claim, both Dr Ambedkar and Syama Prasad Mookerjee envisioned reservations for minorities
In Mizoram, effective implementation of the RPwD Act remains a pipe dream
Why we need a nuanced reading of Dr Ambedkar’s position on judicial appointments
Book review: Anurag Bhaskar’s book gives a foresighted account of the many myths appropriating Babasaheb Ambedkar
Does the data protection law adequately address the needs of persons with disabilities?
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