Mihir Rajamane

Month: March 2022

  • Indirect and Systemic Discrimination: The Drawbacks of Lt Col Nitisha v Union of India

    The Supreme Court has held that the policies to grant permanent commission for women officers in the Army constituted ‘systemic discrimination’. Combining principles of indirect discrimination and systemic power hierarchies, the judgment calls for substantive equality in anti-discrimination law. Justice Chandrachud pronounced the judgment for the two-judge bench of the Court, with Justice MR Shah →

  • Marriage Equality in India: A Reading List

    This post is part of a series on legal advocacy involving marriage equality in India. Read other posts in the series. Legal advocacy for recognising marriage equality regardless of sexual orientation or gender identity has picked up pace at the Delhi High Court. Beginning with the first PIL filed in September 2020, and catalysed by →