By Abhinav Gupta Introduction Rules and regulations of sports competitions separate participants into various categories and prevent them from competing against participants from other categories in competitions and events. For instance, participants are segregated in boxing and wrestling on the basis of their weight and competitions at junior levels are segregated on the basis of … Continue reading Critiquing the Regulations for Female Inter-Sex Athletes in Sports Competitions: an Indian Perspective
Category: sexuality
Promoting Equal Citizenship in All its Manifestations: A Case for Inclusive Inheritance Rights for Transgender Persons
By Keshab Roy Choudhury Introduction The Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Act 2019 was enacted by the Legislature to protect the rights and welfare of trans persons in line with the Supreme Court’s (‘SC’) decision in National Legal Services Authority (NALSA) v Union of India.[1] Briefly, the Court in NALSA unequivocally held that the non-recognition … Continue reading Promoting Equal Citizenship in All its Manifestations: A Case for Inclusive Inheritance Rights for Transgender Persons
Judicial Stereotyping: Times When Lady Justice is Not Blindfolded
By Simran Upadhyay Introduction Recently, the in-house probe panel dismissed sexual harassment allegations instituted against the former chief justice of India, Rajan Gogoi.[1] The Supreme Court, without adequate reasoning, alluded that it did not find any substance in the matter.[2] The judiciary also seemed to have bought into the societal inclination of disbelieving the victim, … Continue reading Judicial Stereotyping: Times When Lady Justice is Not Blindfolded
Interview Series 07 – Reforms in Legal Education : In Conversation with Danish Sheikh
(This is the seventh in the series of Interviews that JILS will publish as part of its Interview Series on Reforms in Legal Education) Danish Sheikh is a PhD Candidate at the Melbourne Law School and a member of the Institute for International Law and the Humanities. His research is located at the intersections … Continue reading Interview Series 07 – Reforms in Legal Education : In Conversation with Danish Sheikh
Interview Series 03 – Reforms in Legal Education : In conversation with Prof. (Dr.) Swethaa S. Ballakrishnen
(This is the third in the series of Interviews that JILS will publish as part of its Interview Series on Reforms in Legal Education) Professor (Dr.) Swethaa S. Ballakrishnen is an Assistant Professor of Law, and of Sociology, Asian American Studies and Criminology, Law and Society at the University of California Irvine. They are also … Continue reading Interview Series 03 – Reforms in Legal Education : In conversation with Prof. (Dr.) Swethaa S. Ballakrishnen
‘Forced Conversion Therapy’ in India: Legality in Question
By Shivani Singh Even after two years of the 2018 Supreme Court judgment in Navtej Singh Johar v. Union of India[1] (herein referred as “Navtej Singh Johar case”) that decriminalized Section 377 of Indian Penal Code[2], putting an end to criminalization of homosexuality, the death of Anjana Hareesh alias Chinnu Sulfikar, a 21-year-old … Continue reading ‘Forced Conversion Therapy’ in India: Legality in Question
Indian Army And Homosexual Soldiers
By Ankit Gupta Introduction The Indian Supreme Court wrote a new chapter in the LGBTQ rights jurisprudence when it declared Section 377, I.P.C[1] unconstitutional, in so far as it criminalized homosexual acts between two consenting adults[2]. While delivering the verdict, the SC held that sexual orientation is an essential attribute of privacy and discrimination … Continue reading Indian Army And Homosexual Soldiers
Increasing Inclusivity And Redefining Roles In The Armed Forces : A Glimpse Into The Changing Society And Its Implications On The Military
By Shravya Basgula Devaraj The armed forces have often existed in a vacuum separately from civil society. As the world grapples with increasing discrimination and embracing the changing social structures, the armed forces have transformed as an institution while inculcating these social changes to become more inclusive. In this post, first, I will argue … Continue reading Increasing Inclusivity And Redefining Roles In The Armed Forces : A Glimpse Into The Changing Society And Its Implications On The Military
Singapore High Court’s Judgement on Homosexuality : A Critique
By Hetal Doshi and Sankalp Udgata On 30th March, 2020 Singapore High Court (“Court”), in Ong Ming Johnson v. Attorney General,[1] upheld the law that criminalizes sex between men. The ruling dismissed all the three appeals[2] which challenged the colonial-era law[3] to be unconstitutional. This decision came after the LGBTQ rights movement in Singapore … Continue reading Singapore High Court’s Judgement on Homosexuality : A Critique
Interview with Catharine A. MacKinnon
* Interview taken by Archismita Raha, Debomita Sadhu, Siddharth Sonkar, and Shivani Kabra As we live in the internet era, some people do not want to identify themselves as feminists even though they support women’s rights. In fact, there is even positive backlash in the form of pages like MensXP. Why do you think this … Continue reading Interview with Catharine A. MacKinnon
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