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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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Booked for Sedition at LGBTQ rally, two former TISS students get protection from arrest
They were apprehended for allegedly shouting slogans in support of JNU student Sharjeel Imam at an LGBTQ rally at Azad Maidan last year
Allegation of rape need not be proved to allow abortion of fetus under MTP Act: MP High Court
The court disagreed with the decision of the single-judge bench where the court had denied permission for abortion despite allegation of rape made by the 19-year-old prosecutrix
Delhi Police can’t be trusted to investigate media leak: Asif Tanha’s counsel
In August 2020, Tanha’s alleged confessions made to the police were leaked to the news media which read out his statements where he allegedly confessed that he was involved in conspiracy of Delhi violence of February 2020
Supreme Court grants The Wire interim protection in two different cases in UP
Apex court says it can't create separate avenue for journalists to come directly to it to quash FIRs
Delhi violence: What is happening in case involving the conspiracy FIR under UAPA?
Delays in hearings have occurred after the Delhi Police raised a maintainability issue of the bail plea filed by accused lawyer-activist Ishrat Jahan
Allahabad HC quashes NSA detention due to MHA’s delay in deciding detenue’s representation
The accused was detained in September 2020 for an allegedly provocative Facebook post and has been in detention ever since
Bombay HC extends Varavara Rao’s time to surrender to custody until Sept 25
The NIA has opposed Rao’s plea seeking extension of his medical bail
Bhima Koregaon: Rona Wilson gets interim bail to attend father’s funeral ritual
The NIA opposed his bail plea on grounds that the prayer could be done by Wilson’s brother and other family members
Pehlu Khan lynching case: Rajasthan HC issues bailable warrants against 6 accused
Pehlu Khan’s family has challenged the Alwar court’s 2019 order acquitting the 6 accused persons
Umar Khalid files fresh bail plea, opposes State’s “dilatory tactics”
This comes in the backdrop of the prosecution raising the issue of maintainability of bail plea filed by co-accused Ishrat Jahan in the Delhi violence case
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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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When Conservation Becomes Coercion: The silent violence faced by the Tharus of Kheri
Over 4,000 Tharu Adivasis in Lakhimpur Kheri — including a blind man, a chronically ill man, and several elders — have been wrongfully booked. This analysis shows how administrative discretion and recent forest-law amendments are further undermining the protections guaranteed to forest-dwelling communities under the Forest Rights Act, 2006
