The Constitution Is My Home : Conversations on a Life in Law. / Indira Jaising.
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TextPublisher number: : Raghav Books Pvt. Ltd. | : B-2/25, 1st Floor, Arun house, Ansari Road, Darya ganj, New DelhiPublication details: , Gurugram : Harper Collins , 2026.Description: xii, 220p. : 24cmISBN: - 9789365698558
- 342.54 JAI
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In The Constitution Is My Home, Jaising looks back upon a life spent on the frontlines of law and activism. In conversation with Ritu Menon, she reflects on the cases and causes that have defined her career: Mary Roy and the fight for equal inheritance; Rupan Deol Bajaj and the pursuit of justice in the face of sexual harassment; Olga Tellis, which recognized the right to livelihood for pavement dwellers; Shayara Bano and the challenge to triple talaq; her long advocacy for the victims of the Bhopal Gas Tragedy; and the Sabarimala case, where she argued for women''s right to worship. She also offers sharp observations on the present, marked as it is by rising Hindu nationalism, a judiciary in retreat and a democracy growing brittle by the day. Through it all, she unfailingly returns to the Constitution--as scripture, argument, shelter and home ground.
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