Amendments a serious setback for transgenders
March 25, 2026
The new amendments proposed to the Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Act 2019, which came…
Jayna Kothari
Jayna is a co-founder of CLPR. She is a Senior Advocate and practices in the Supreme Court of India. She graduated from University Law College with a B.A. LL.B degree and read the BCL at Oxford University. Jayna was awarded the Wrangler D.C. Pavate Fellowship in Cambridge University.
Jayna’s research and practice interests include constitutional law, gender and sexuality law, disability rights and discrimination law. She had argued in the Supreme Court in the recent constitutional challenges to Section 377 and adultery which were both decriminalized. She also argued the Independent Thought case in which the Supreme Court recognized child marital rape as a criminal offence. Her book, “The Future of Disability Law in India” was published in 2012 by Oxford University Press.
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What Stories do the Numbers Tell? A Data-Driven Narrative to Seek Women’s Equal Opportunity in the Higher Judiciary in India
September 23, 2025
Why do women remain so underrepresented in India’s higher judiciary?
A new article published in the Socio-Legal Review (NLSIU) — “What Stories Do the Numbers Tell? A Data-Driven Narrative to Seek Women’s Equal Opportunity in the Higher Judiciary in India” — uses data to show how entry routes, later appointments, and systemic gatekeeping limit women’s path to leadership.
India needs more women judges in the Supreme Court
September 20, 2025
The Supreme Court of India must correct its acute gender imbalance by appointing more women…
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Karnataka High Court Women Lawyers’ Roundtable: Equality Within the Higher Judiciary
February 18, 2025
On November 28, 2024, CLPR organized a roundtable discussion in Bangalore with women lawyers practising in the Karnataka High Court focusing on women’s equality in the higher judiciary. The event bought together senior advocates, government pleaders and independent lawyers to examine barriers preventing women from attaining leadership positions within judiciary and legal institutions.
Read moreAddressing the Gender Gap in the Higher Judiciary in India: Roundtable with Women Lawyers | Chennai
February 5, 2025
The Roundtable was part of CLPR’s ongoing research on the gender gap in the higher judiciary in India. The Roundtable brought together senior women lawyers including women Senior Counsels and other women advocates from the Madras High Court.
Read moreCLPR | Trans Law Quarterly | Issue VI
June 28, 2022
This Pride Month, we are happy to present to you the VI Issue of our Trans Law Quarterly. In the past two years of the pandemic, we witnessed the tireless efforts of LGBTQIA+ activists, policymakers, litigants and judicial officers which resulted in timely court orders and policies safeguarding and advancing the rights of transgender persons. Putting together the quarterly has provided us a chance to reflect on how far we have come and how long the road ahead is.
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