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INDIRA JAISING
Advocate, Supreme Court of India
Indira Jaising is an advocate of the Supreme Court of India. She is an Indian lawyer noted for her legal activism in promoting human rights causes.
Indira has argued several cases in relation to discrimination against women, including Mary Roy’ s case, which led to the grant of equal inheritance rights for Syrian Christian women in Kerala, and Rupan Deol Bajaj, the IAS officer who prosecuted KPS Gill for outraging her modesty. Incidentally, this was one of the first cases of sexual harassment that was successfully prosecuted.
Among others, Indira also argued the case of Githa Hariharan, in which the Supreme Court held that under the Hindu law, the mother was also the‘ natural guardian’ of her minor children, so that the children could also bear the name of the mother.
She is Founder Secretary of‘ The Lawyers’ Collective’, an organization that provides legal funding for underprivileged sections of Indian society.
November 2017 | Legal Era | www. legaleraonline. com