In this article published by the Thinking Republic, Jayna Kothari, Senior Advocate & Executive Director at Center for Law and Policy Research talks about the intersection of caste and gender highlighting the discrimination faced by Dalit and Adivasi trans persons. She also argues that the urgent for all activists, lawyers, researchers and civil society members to be intersectional in its approach to be able to understand the multidimensional discrimination faced by the persons at the intersections of race, caste, and gender identity.
Discrimination & Intersectionality
- Publications
- Litigation
- Events
- News & Media
- Blog
Our 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.
Our new approach is to view discrimination through the lens of Intersectionality and respond to caste–based discrimination in the context of gender, sexuality and disability.
Situating Access to Justice During COVID-19: India’s Business and Human Rights Obligations
In this paper published by Socio-Legal Review, Almas Shaikh writes about India’s obligations under the…
Trans Equality in India : Affirmation Of The Right To Self-Determination Of Gender
In this paper published by NUJS Law Review, Jayna Kothari, Senior Advocate & Executive Director…
Reservation as a political imperative
In this article published by Frontline, co-authored by Thulasi K Raj along with Kaleeswaram Raj & Bastian Steuwer, they argue that even though a right to the reservation may not be culled out from the equality code of the Constitution, it nevertheless remains a significant political and moral duty.
National Federation of the Blind v. Karnataka Public Service Commission & Ors.
The Petitioner, which is a Federation formed to serve visually impaired and low vision people…
CLPR’s litigation Impact-A family member of the victim of atrocity gets a government job
On 23.07.2017, a gang of youths belonging to the MBC community attacked people from Scheduled…
Kabeer C alias Aneera v. State of Kerala & Ors.
A Public Interest Litigation was filed in the Kerala High Court by Aneera Kabeer, a transgender person involved in mobilising persons in the transgender community for the purpose of achieving equal opportunities for the community. The Petition seeks various reliefs relating to transgender people during period of COVID-19 threat. The writ petition sought for measures by the state government for “the distribution of food ration, medicines, access to medical treatment, etc. to the transgender community in Kerala.”
CMASK v. State of Karnataka & Ors.
The Writ Petition No. 7990/2020 has been brought by the Petitioner – Parishista Jaathi/Parishishtha Pangadagala…
06th
Oct 2020
The Rhetoric of Legal Reforms: Abortion, Gender and the State
Read more
Venue Zoom (Online)
Time 4:00 P.M.-6:00 P.M.
26th
Sep 2020
Free workshop & Panel Discussion on Manual Scavenging | 26th September 2020
Read more
Venue Online (Live Stream on YouTube )
Time 6:30 P.M. onwards
20th
Aug 2020
Disability, Caste and Intersectionality: Panel Discussion
Read more
Venue Online (Zoom)
Time 4:00 P.M.-5:30 P.M.
04th
Aug 2020
Live Webinar : “Rights of Intersex Persons: The Need for Legal Recognition”
Read more
Venue Zoom (Online)
Time 4:00 P.M.-5:30 P.M.
Live Law
Karnataka HC Seeks Govt Response On Plea Seeking Horizontal Reservation For Transgenders Instead Of OBC Reservation
Live Law reported on the High Court of Karnataka’s order where the Court sought a response from the State government on an application filed for providing horizontal reservation to Transgender Persons in Public Employment. The applicant submitted that reservation should not be provided under the OBC category but should be provided as a horizontal reservation as a separate special category like the reservation provided for women and persons with disabilities, that can be interlocked with other social categories of vertical reservation of SC/ST/OBC category. The Court gave the direction while hearing the petition filed by Jeeva, represented by Senior Advocate Jayna Kothari and assisted by Almas Shaikh, a Research Associate at CLPR.
Bar and Bench
Give reasons for delay in filing charge sheets for offences under SC/ST Act, conduct regular training for officers: Karnataka HC
Bar & Bench reported on the High Court of Karnataka’s order where the court questioned the state government on the reasons for the delay in filing charge sheets in cases under the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989 (SC/ST Act) and its Rules. The Court directed the Registrar General of High Court (RG) to file a report on the status of the proposal to set up more of these courts and also gave various other directions including the regular holding of meetings of committees and regular training of the officers appointed under the Act. The Court gave the direction while hearing the petition filed by the Committee for Monitoring and Strengthening SCs/STs in Karnataka (CMASK), represented by Senior Counsel Jayna Kothari.
Bar and Bench
Karnataka HC directs KPSC, State to consider granting extra time of 20 mins per hour to visually impaired students
Bar & Bench reported on the High Court of Karnataka’s direction to the KPSC and the State government where they asked authorities to consider granting 20 mins extra per hour to visually impaired students. The Court gave the direction while hearing the petition filed by National Federation of the Blind, represented by Senior Counsel Jayna Kothari
Bar and Bench
Tackling Caste Discrimination Through Law: CLPR event conducted at Karnataka HC
Bar and Bench reported the CLPR event on learning session for lawyers at the Karnataka High Court on the topic of ‘Tackling Caste Discrimination through Law”.
The interactive seminar had four sessions covering various topics such as The Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act 1989, Protection of Civil Rights Act, 1955: How can it be effectively used? Manual Scavenging and the Law, and the Karnataka Devadasi (Prohibition of Dedication) Act, 1982.
What do the Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Rules, 2020 say?
The Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment, has been in a hurry to implement the Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Act, 2019 (the Act). Despite widespread protests, the Act was passed on 5th December 2019. Several petitions have been filed challenging the constitutional validity of the on the Act. Since then the Ministry has tried to operationalize the Act through the publication of the Rules. After releasing the draft rules in April 2020 and in August 2020; finally, on 25th September 2020, the Ministry notified the Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Rules 2020 (the Rules). The Rules seem to have tried to bridge the vast gap between the Act and the directions of the Supreme Court in NALSA v. Union of India.
Call for Applications: The CLPR Equality Fellowship
At CLPR we focus on addressing discrimination at the intersections of caste, gender, sexuality,…
CLPR Broadcast | October 2020
The Centre for Law and Policy Research (CLPR) is a not-for-profit organization dedicated to…
Intersectional Nature of Discrimination- the Case of Koraga Tribe
This post will focus on the Koraga Tribe in Karnataka and Kerala, and the intersectional nature of the discrimination they face. While the Koragas are classified as a Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Group (PVTG), their population continues to dwindle and they remain in abject poverty.