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Meghashree Dev

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Women's dharna at supreme court

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Identifier: UB-005-01-09-48
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

The Upendra Baxi Collection is a digital collection that currently comprises a single series, Bibliography. This series is organised into several subseries, including Published Academic Articles, Published Book Chapters, Published Books, Published Book Reviews, Published Lectures and Presentations from Conferences and Seminars, Newspaper Articles, Letters and Correspondence (Mathura Rape Case), Other Media, and Media Articles by Others on the Mathura Rape Case.

Dates: 1965 - 2026
Found in: NLS Law and Society Archives / Upendra Baxi Collection / Bibliography / Media articles by Others on the Mathura Case

Women's organisations' plea fail, 14 April 1980

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Identifier: UB-005-01-09-39
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In Times

Dates: Publication: 14 April 1980
Found in: NLS Law and Society Archives / Upendra Baxi Collection / Bibliography / Media articles by Others on the Mathura Case

“Women’s Rights Are Human Rights”, 25 April 2020

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Identifier: UB-005-01-06-129
Abstract This piece explores the "internationalization" of women’s rights and its impact on Indian law. Baxi discusses the CEDAW (Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women) and its use by the Indian Supreme Court (as in the Vishaka judgment). The article argues that "women’s rights" cannot be compartmentalized as "family issues" but must be seen as "universal human rights." The synopsis captures Baxi’s critique of "patriarchal" legal interpretations. He asserts that...
Dates: Publication: 25 April 2020
Found in: NLS Law and Society Archives / Upendra Baxi Collection / Bibliography / Newspaper Articles

“World without Borders: Towards A New International Law”, 20 Novermber 2001

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Identifier: UB-005-01-06-30
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World Without Borders: Towards A New International Law (Times of India, November 20, 2001): Examines globalization's impact on international law, discussing how transnational flows of people, capital, and information challenge traditional state-centric legal frameworks. Baxi explores emerging forms of global governance, human rights across borders, and need for reimagining international legal order. In The Times of India.

Dates: Publication: 20 Novermber 2001
Found in: NLS Law and Society Archives / Upendra Baxi Collection / Bibliography / Newspaper Articles

Writing About Impunity and Environment: the Silver Jubilee of the Bhopal Catastrophe, 2010

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Identifier: UB-005-01-01-122
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This essay revisits the Bhopal disaster decades later, reflecting on environmental harm, impunity, and memory. Baxi examines how legal closure contrasts with ongoing suffering, highlighting failures of accountability and the persistence of environmental injustice. Published in the Journal of Human Rights and the Environment Vol. 1 No. 1, pg 23-44.

Dates: Publication: 2010
Found in: NLS Law and Society Archives / Upendra Baxi Collection / Bibliography / Published Academic Articles

Zahira Contempt Case: Towards a Legal Critique, 2025

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Identifier: UB-005-01-02-93
Abstract Widely regarded as one of the most eminent legal thinkers of his time, Upendra Baxi is a leading scholar on matters relating to human rights, legal and social theory, and comparative constitutional law and theory. A set of four volumes, Law, Justice, Society: Selected Works of Upendra Baxi documents and critically engages with Upendra Baxi's thoughts and writings. The volumes are a conglomeration of Baxi's essays and lectures centred on the major themes of his writings-human rights,...
Dates: 2025
Found in: NLS Law and Society Archives / Upendra Baxi Collection / Bibliography / Published Book Chapters

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