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On 29 October, the Supreme Court Collegium recommended nine lawyers for appointment as judges of the High Court of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh. One of them is Tabasum Zafar.
EJP is tracking the appointments of women to the higher judiciary, especially women from the Bar.
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The Indian Constitution has been amended 106 times. But 49 other amendment proposals never made it, having been withdrawn, lapsed, defeated or left pending in Parliament.
Read: constitutionofindia.net/blog…
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CLPR congratulates its Constitution Defenders Fellows P.V. Uttara and Sarath K.P! Entitlements recognised on paper must reach the people they are meant for. This judgment is a reminder that they can be enforced!
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CLPR's Executive Director Jayna Kothari, was invited to speak at the conference “Ambedkar in Contemporary India: Caste, Democracy and Social Transformation,” at Department of Sociology, Bangalore University.
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Thank you to Prof. Sudha Khokhale and the Department of Sociology for the invitation, and for bringing together such an important conversation on Ambedkar’s legacy and the unfinished work of equality.
#GenderJustice #BangaloreUniversity #SocialJustice
Our interns share what their time at CLPR has meant to them!
If you’re a student interested in law, policy and social justice, we’d love to hear from you.clpr.org.in/contact-us/
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CLPR's Executive Director and Senior Advocate, Jayna Kothari, delivered the prestigious Alladi Memorial Lecture at the University of Hyderabad, on constitutional law and her lecture was titled “Transforming Rights: The Contested Terrain of Transgender Equality in India.”
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Watch Senior Advocate Aparna Bhat focuses on one of the most critical aspects of Public Interest Litigation (PIL) designing effective remedies here: youtube.com/watch?v=cUjKmyQZ…
Carefully crafted remedies can influence policy, accountability, and institutional reform.
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CLPR's latest blog titled "How Many Women Advocates are Practicing in our Higher Courts? (Part-I)" is live now on our website.
Read the full piece: clpr.org.in/blog/blog-how-ma…
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In order to get accurate data on women lawyers’ experiences of sexual harassment, the Centre for Law and Policy Research invites you to fill up the Survey on Sexual Harassment Faced by Women Lawyers practicing in the High Courts and Supreme Court -forms.gle/8mJT1mdybRvX1Yw28
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This survey will not take more than 10 minutes to complete, and all responses are completely anonymous. Please share in your networks to help shape change!
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Assertions of citizenship by Indians in colonial India were inherently contradictory, as particularised belonging was deployed by Indians as a mode of assertion to demand inclusion within a supposedly universal political community.
Read: constitutionofindia.net/blog…
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Today, Justice Sunita Agarwal takes her oath as a judge of the Supreme Court of India.
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Justice Sunita Agarwal's appointment raises the number of women judges on the Supreme Court to three. She is also the second woman recommended for the Supreme Court by the current Chief Justice's Collegium. Her tenure will last nearly 5 years!
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A moment to celebrate as another woman takes her seat on India's highest bench!
Every woman who reaches the Supreme Court widens the path for the women who come after her. We're cheering this milestone while we keep working for courtrooms where women lawyers can thrive.
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On 23 September 2026, CLPR participated in the launch of the Asia Regional Network on Comprehensive Anti-Discrimination Legislation (CADL) in Bangkok, Thailand, which brought together civil society organisations from across the region.
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CLPR's Research Associate, Niharika Mukherjee, contributed to the network's early foundations by providing inputs on the network's mission statement, membership rules, and launch announcement and CLPR is excited to be a member of the network.
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Read our new blog piece containing initial findings from CLPR's Survey on Sexual Harassment faced by Women Lawyers in High Courts and Supreme Court: clpr.org.in/blog/blog-initia…
Take the survey: forms.gle/h2RqeMr7rx7dazsT6
Share in your networks! It only takes 10-15 minutes!
CLPR at the Women in Leadership (WiL) Community of Practice Convening, Mombasa, Kenya 🇰🇪
A space bringing together organisations working to advance women's leadership across banking, law, and economics.
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