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Petition Explained: Marriage Equality under the Foreign Marriage Act by Vaibhav Jain and Parag Mehta
This post is part of a series on legal advocacy involving marriage equality in India. Read other posts in the series. Who Are The Petitioners? The petitioners are Vaibhav Jain (Twitter) and Parag Mehta (Twitter), a couple who have been together for 10 years and married for 5 years. Their marriage was conducted under American →
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Petition Explained: Marriage Equality Under the Special Marriage Act by Dr. Kavita Arora and Ankita Khanna
This post is part of a series on legal advocacy involving marriage equality in India. Read other posts in the series. Who Are The Petitioners? The petitioners are Dr. Kavita Arora (Twitter) and Ankita Khanna (Twitter), a couple who have been together for 10 years and are also living together with Arora’s father. Khanna was →
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A Caste Census is Long Overdue: Some Thoughts on the Vanniyar Reservation Judgment
On 31 March 2022, the Supreme Court struck down the separate reservations provided for Vanniakula Kshatriyas (or Vanniyars) by Tamil Nadu. The Vanniyars are part of the Most Backward Classes (MBC) category, which along with Other Backward Classes (OBC) and Denotified Communities (DNC), comprise the backward classes in the State. In February 2021, the State →
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Application Explained: Livestreaming of Marriage Equality Hearings by Akhilesh Godi and Others
This post is part of a series on legal advocacy involving marriage equality in India. Read other posts in the series. Who Are The Applicants? The first applicant is Abhishek Godi. He is a software engineer who has done LGBT diversity and inclusion work in various organisations. He was also a petitioner in one of →
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