Mapping the Progression of LGBTQ+ Rights in India- Important Laws and Judicial Pronouncements
Tracing the development of LGBTQ+ rights in India with the help of statutory provisions and notable judgments by Supreme Court and Indian High Courts.
Central and State Government
Justice S. Manikumar- The 36th Chief Justice of Kerala High Court, retires
Justice S Manikumar, former senior-most Judge of Madras High Court, who was appointed as the 36th Chief Justice of Kerala High Court in 2019, is all set to retire today.
All HC | Rule making power of Central and State Government under Motor Vehicles Act – Are the subject matters falling under Ss. 110 and 111 delineated and demarcated or do they overlap? HC explains
Allahabad High Court: The Division bench of Surya Parkash Kesarwani and Dr Yogendra Kumar Srivastava, JJ., expressed that: The legislative intendment with
Del HC | Centre to consider synchronization of work under National Capital Region Planning Board Act, 1985 & National Disaster Management Act, 2005 under a single nodal agency
Delhi High Court: A Division Bench of D.N. Patel, CJ and Prateek Jalan, J. requested Centre to consider the grievances with regard to
Bom HC | State of Maharashtra denies permission to ICSE to conduct board exams; HC awaiting SC decision in matter concerning CBSE
Bombay High Court: A Division Bench of Dipankar Datta, CJ and S.S. Shinde, J., adjourned the matter concerning conducting of Class 10th
Del HC | “No person in Delhi should go hungry by reason of present lockdown”; Food grains & cooked food being provided to both with ration cards or not
Delhi High Court: A Division Bench of D.N. Patel, CJ and Prateek Jalan, J., addressed the concern with regard to providing ration to
[Migrant Workmen] Del HC | For a proper streamlined regulation of migrant workmen and their conditions of service, collection of actual data is the foremost significant measure
Delhi High Court: Pratibha M. Singh, J., addressed a petition pertaining to seeking implementation of the Inter-State Migrant Workmen (Regulation of Employment and Conditions
Madras HC | No considerable research made in “Siddha Medicines”, allotment of funds & popularisation of concept required by Government
“Siddha system is a neglected child both by Central and State Governments, whereas Ayurvedam is developed by Central and other State Governments.”