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Beyond mere Recognition: The Jane Kaushik judgment and the next frontier of transgender equality

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

Communal violence is like lava, leaving ground fertile for revenge: Kapil Sibal in Zakia Jafri SLP

Petitioners highlight key failures of the SIT investigating the instances listed in the Zakia Jafri case before the Supreme Court during hearing in an SLP demanding an investigation

Meghalaya: Eviction imminent for Dalit Sikh families?

State government acquires land on which Punjabi Lane was built; residents who are sanitation workers and their families to be relocated to staff quarters

Edesmetta encounter victims’ families await justice; probe indicates CRPF fired at unarmed innocents

In May 2013, little did the tribals know that as they ventured out to celebrate a festival, they would be fired at, unprovoked, by CRPF personnel

Assam: Day 1 of eviction in Hojai passes peacefully

Families had already vacated the area in the Lumding Reserve Forest after verbal assurance of rehabilitation, though there is no commitment on paper yet

Hate watch: Delhi Police to probe case of man threatening biryani shop worker

Vigilante accused who reportedly introduced himself as Naresh Kumar Suryavanshi, was seen in video spreading communal hate, threatening Muslims but is yet to be arrested

Tripura Police demand suspension of 68 Twitter profiles for comments on communal clashes

Accounts were accused of spreading "distorted" content about the recent communal clashes in the state, some more may have been booked under UAPA

Afghanistan: Bullet riddled bodies of women activists found in Mazar-e-Sharif

Frozan Safi (30), who had taught at a private university in Balkh the northern Afghan province, was one of the victims identified

Tripura violence: Hate and communal polarisation

Communal violence has constantly been changing its forms; its agenda is also dynamically changing 

Gurugram: Hindutva leaders conduct Govardhan Puja at namaz site

Group conducted the puja, with Hindutva leaders in attendance at the public spot where they are opposing namaz gathering

Gujarat: Citizens group may march to Raj Bhavan to protest “inaction by police”

Ahmedabad based rights group Minority Coordination Committee (MCC), calls for march on November 10 to protest “inaction by police on complaints by Muslim activists”

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