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Focus Areas
Our law and policy research, litigation and intervention advances autonomy of women and adolescent girls.
Read MoreSince 2015 we have engaged in path breaking litigation and law and policy research that shapes the field of transgender rights in India.
Read MoreOur core focus in combating discrimination on the basis of disability, sex, gender identity and caste has resulted in high impact litigation and in depth, insightful social science research on intersectionality.
Read MoreImpact
Jeeva M. v. State of Karnataka & Anr.
CLPR represented a transgender person seeking change of name and gender in school certificates and pre-university records before the Karnataka High Court.
Read MoreKMV Monalisa & Ors. v. State of Telangana & Ors.
In 2018, CLPR filed a Public Interest Litigation before the High Court of Telangana on behalf of transgender rights activists seeking implementation of the Supreme Court’s directions in NALSA v. Union of India.
Read MoreKarnataka Rajya Vikalachetnara Rakshana Samiti v. Indian Oil Corporation & Ors.
In January 2018, the present Public Interest Litigation was brought under the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016 (“RPD Act”) challenging the actions of the Respondent No. 1 in the appointment of LPG distributors vide Notification dated 17.08.2018. In its call for the selection of 238 LPG distributors in various districts of Karnataka, the Respondent No. 1 failed to reserve 5% of the distributorships, amounting to 11 spots, for persons with disabilities as mandated under section 37 of the RPD Act. Instead, only 6 positions were reserved which was less than even 3% of 238 distributorships.
Read MoreTrans Law Cell
5-6 pmEvery Tuesday
CLPR hosts weekly drop in sessions for members of the transgender and sexual minority community.
CLPR lawyers are available to answer your legal queries or questions, to provide legal advice and to assist with litigation.
No prior appointment or registration is required.
No fees will be charged for this service.
News & Media
Reproductive Rights
'When it comes to sexual health, docs are a problem' | Deccan Herald covers CLPR's SRR Conference
Deccan Herald
April 16, 2019
Transgender Rights
A Conversation with Trinetra Gummaraju | Radio Active covers our SRR conference
Radio Active - Cr 90.4 MHz
April 13, 2019
Events
15May 2019
Governance Reform
Janaagraha | Governing Cities: Reflections from South Africa and India
4 PM to 6.30 PM
29April 2019