Blood Donation in India: The Problem with Exclusion by Identity
December 10, 2025
India’s 2017 and 2024 blood donation guidelines permanently exclude men who have sex with men,…
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Aparna graduated from Delhi University with degrees in Political Science and Law. She also holds an LLM in Transnational Law from King’s College London.
She has previously worked as a Law Clerk at the Supreme Court of India and as a researcher on the Sundarbans Climate Justice Project at King’s College London and West Bengal National University of Juridical Sciences. Aparna also works with Justice Adda, a legal design start-up to research and develop projects on overcoming informational barriers to justice.
Aparna was appointed as a member on the Transgender Rights’ Advisory Committee by the Supreme Court of India in 2025 and is a panel counsel for the Supreme Court Legal Services Committee since May 2026.
As Senior Associate at CLPR, Aparna leads research and litigation on transgender rights, disability rights and intersectional discrimination.
Publications
Five cracks in finality: What CJI Gavai’s tenure meant for the Court’s understanding of a final judgement
December 5, 2025
Earlier this year, we wrote about a series of unusual manoeuvres by the Supreme Court in three significant cases: the recall in the Bhushan Steel insolvency, the modification in the Allahabad judge’s matter and the larger bench reference in the Delhi stray dogs matter. At the time, the apparent randomness of those decisions felt like the story.
The last week of Chief Justice B.R. Gavai’s tenure makes the earlier chaos appear less random and more like a new judicial playbook, one in which the finality of a signed judgement seems increasingly negotiable and the question of relief depends on who is asking. We write again not to offer a full reckoning of his tenure, but because it is striking, and perhaps telling, that these final-week retreats come under his leadership. It cemented what had already begun to emerge: a legacy of judicial undoing.
Go to linkFinal until it’s not: The Supreme Court’s beating retreat
August 30, 2025
The Court’s quick reversals in three recent cases raise questions about procedure, legitimacy, and finality….
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