1. Indira Jaising was born on 3 June 1940 in Mumbai to a Sindhi Hindu family.
25 Facts About Indira Jaising
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Indira Jaising attended St Teresa's Convent High School, Santacruz, Mumbai, and the Bishop Cotton Girls' School, Bengaluru.
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Indira Jaising earned a Bachelor of Arts from Bangalore University.
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In 2009, Indira Jaising became the first female Additional Solicitor General of India.
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Indira Jaising argued several cases relating to discrimination against women, including Mary Roy's case, which led to the grant of equal inheritance rights for Syrian Christian women in Kerala, and the case of Rupan Deol Bajaj, the IAS officer who had successfully prosecuted KPS Gill for outraging her modesty.
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Indira Jaising argued the case of Githa Hariharan, in which the Supreme Court decided that a mother is equally a natural guardian of a child as a father.
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Indira Jaising successfully challenged the discriminatory provisions of the Indian Divorce Act in the High Court of Kerala, thus enabling Christian women to get a divorce on the grounds of cruelty or desertion, a right that was denied to them.
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Indira Jaising has represented Teesta Setalvad in a case where she was accused of embezzling money.
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In 2015, Indira Jaising argued the case for Priya Pillai in the Green Peace India case.
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In 2016, Indira Jaising challenged the procedure for designating senior advocates in the Supreme Court.
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Indira Jaising has represented the victims of the Bhopal tragedy in the Supreme Court of India in their claim for compensation against the Union Carbide Corporation.
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Indira Jaising has been associated with several Peoples Commissions on Violence in Punjab to investigate the extrajudicial killings, disappearances, and mass cremations that took place during the period 1979 to 1990.
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Indira Jaising has represented several environmental cases in the Supreme Court of India.
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In 1981, Indira Jaising founded the Lawyers Collective with her husband Anand Grover.
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Indira Jaising later became the founder secretary of the Lawyers Collective, an organization that provides legal funding for the underprivileged sections of Indian society.
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Indira Jaising founded a monthly magazine called The Lawyers, in 1986, which focuses on social justice and women's issues in the context of Indian law.
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Indira Jaising has been involved in cases related to discrimination against women, the Muslim Personal Law, the rights of pavement dwellers and the homeless and the Bhopal gas tragedy.
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Indira Jaising has fought against child labor, for the economic rights of women, estranged wives and domestic violence cases.
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Indira Jaising has attended several national and international conferences on women, representing her country at these events.
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Indira Jaising's NGO has been barred by the MHA from receiving foreign funds.
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Indira Jaising had a fellowship at the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies in London and has been a visiting Scholar at the Columbia University New York.
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Indira Jaising was a member of the United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women.
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Indira Jaising was conferred with the Rotary Manav Seva Award in recognition of her services to the nation in fighting corruption and as a champion of the weaker sections of the society.
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Indira Jaising was given the Padma Shree by the President of India in 2005 for her service to the cause of public affairs.
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Indira Jaising's husband Anand Grover is a human rights lawyer and designated senior advocate of the Supreme Court.