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Menaka Guruswamy (born 27 November 1974) is a Senior Advocate at the Supreme Court of India. She was the B.R. Ambedkar Research Scholar and Lecturer at Columbia Law School, New York from 2017 to 2019. [2] Guruswamy has been visiting faculty at Yale Law School, New York University School of Law and University of Toronto Faculty of Law. [3]
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Jul 8, 2019 · Menaka Guruswamy successfully argued against a colonial-era law that criminalized gay sex in India. Credit: Maurice Weiss
Menaka Guruswamy and Arundhati Katju, who won a landmark LGBTQ rights case in India, are two of the most influential people in 2019, Priyanka Chopra writes.
Mar 6, 2019 · In the corridors of India’s Supreme Court, Menaka Guruswamy, 44, has a reputation for being a fearless fighter. As one of the lawyers who argued against Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code, she...
Nov 26, 2021 · 🔴 Menaka Guruswamy writes: The Constitution’s endurance is rooted in our ability and commitment to the project of expanding freedom. Written by Menaka Guruswamy. Updated: November 28, 2021 07:41 IST. 6 min read. The Constitution’s morality has stood firmly with disadvantaged castes, women, and religious minorities. (Illustration: C R Sasikumar)
Dec 23, 2022 · The judge spoke eloquently on changing morality, reforming laws and constitutional morality in India, from the court’s decision in Navtej Singh Johar on gay rights to honour killings, as young couples crossed caste fault lines and found love in each other.
Sep 9, 2018 · In this conversation with Bar & Bench, Menaka Guruswamy talks about the Section 377 judgment, the journey of the case, and more. -Bar & Bench Shruti Mahajan and Murali Krishnan In what is being termed as a historic judgment across the board, the Supreme Court on September 6 decriminalized consensual s
Oct 31, 2018 · The historic Sept. 6, 2018 decision was a stunning reversal for a court that just five years earlier ruled against LGBT Indians, and stories of fear and discrimination from individual petitioners is what seemed to turn the tide, said Menaka Guruswamy.
Mar 26, 2020 · Menaka Guruswamy, a senior advocate at the Supreme Court of India, is a senior fellow at the Watson Institute. In 2019, she was named to Foreign Policy magazine’s list of 100 most influential Global Thinkers and, with Arundhati Katju, named one of Time magazine’s 2019 list of 100 most influential people.
