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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
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Lakhimpur Kheri: Ashish Mishra still not arrested
FIR says he was in the vehicle that mowed down farmers, and there were several eye-witnesses
Gujarat HC partially allows Sanjiv Bhatt’s plea to access documents in the 1996 NDPS case
He is serving life sentence in a 30-year-old custodial death case, and is also facing trial for allegedly framing a lawyer by allegedly planting 1.5 kg opium at a hotel
Allahabad HC reprimands Registry for not listing pleas filed against UP anti-love jihad law
The court noticed that even though the pleas were scheduled for hearing on October 5, the same were not listed accordingly
Sharjeel Imam accuses Delhi Police of hollow arguments, says government criticism important
The PhD student was arrested last year on sedition and terrorism charges in connection with his speeches against CAA
Assam Police Firing: Farmers and workers unions demand justice for victims and survivors
Team of representatives of various unions visits Dhalpur, demands rehabilitation and compensation for affected families
Lakhimpur Kheri deaths: A Timeline
Preceding and ensuing events of the Lakhimpur Kheri incident reject the notion that the violence was incited by protesting farmers
Madras HC quashes cases against anti-CAA protestors, says no prima facie case established
The court also observed that right to protest is recognised by law, and that no violation of law took place during the protest
Visit prisons, interview inmates, gauge prison conditions: MP High Court to CJMs, DLSA
The order was passed in a suo moto petition taken up by the court concerned with condition of overcrowded prisons during the second wave of Covid-19
K’taka HC directs state gov’t to come up with scholarship for children of manual scavengers
The court has given the government 30 days to come up with a uniform scheme for the same
Lakhimpur Kheri: Main accused yet to be arrested, Opposition leaders being detained
An FIR has been registered against Ashish Mishra, compensations for victims announced, as politics hots up over the issue
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