Naina Bhargava

On this Republic Day, as we reflect on the progress and challenges of our democracy, the judiciary must confront its shortcomings and recommit to its foundational principles of justice and equality, writes Naina Bhargava.

In its decision of June 16, the Andhra Pradesh HC has reaffirmed that trans women are to be treated as women under Indian criminal law. Beyond marriage, the judgement concretises a long-fought battle for dignity.

All women have the right to safe and legal abortion, so goes the assertion. Is this a myth for the sex workers in the national capital of India?

The Constitution of India is extraordinarily resilient as a living, social document not because it lives in courtrooms, but because of the common citizen's deep and abiding engagement with it.