Gender and Sexuality

From the landmark mandate of Laxmi v. Union of India to the BNS, a critical examination of why progressive legal doctrine continues to falter against the wall of administrative inertia and systemic trial delays

Protesters gathered near the court premises, raising slogans and expressing opposition to the bail order

The bail order accompanies a temporary suspension of sentence for Sengar will walk free; it has returned public attention to the survivor and her mother's pursuit of justice since 2017; Sengar will, however, remain in jail as he is also serving a 10-year sentence in the custodial death case of the rape victim’s father

A village panchayat in Rajasthan's Jalore district has prohibited daughters-in-law and young women from 15 villages from using phones with cameras starting January 26 which is also India’s Republic Day, the day the Indian Constitution came into force. Instead, they will only be allowed to use keypad phones instead of smartphones; explaining the rationale, Sujanaram Chaudhary said the community believes that excessive smartphone use by women leads to prolonged screen exposure for children living with them

Outrage widens after CM Nitish Kumar pulls down Muslim woman doctor’s hijab at appointment ceremony; FIRs filed, media barred, national leaders condemn act

From September 2025, three months ago, the Allahabad High Court has registered a suo-moto Public Interest Litigation (PIL) regarding the issue of delay at different levels in taking appropriate steps while dealing with cases of termination of pregnancy of rape survivors

Ayesha or Samreen, Maharashtra’s Muslim women widows of hate crimes live abandoned by family and society, haunted by questions to which neither state nor society provides healing or answers

In a landmark decision, the Supreme Court acknowledged the dignity and rights of employment of transgender individuals, ordered monetary compensation for a transwoman teacher who had been terminated from her position, and ordered that a model Equal Opportunity Policy be made mandatory in all institutions, going further than the Constitution's promise of equality in private employment

Justice P.V. Kunhikrishnan reasserts constitutional and gender equality, procedural fairness, and the emotional agency of Muslim women in a landmark judgment

In this brief, data-driven socio-political timeline of 20th-21st Century India, the author reminds us of the context in which the controversial Bollywood movie, Haq, is sought to be released