Menaka Guruswamy was born on 27 November 1974 and is a Senior Advocate at the Supreme Court of India.
15 Facts About Menaka Guruswamy
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Menaka Guruswamy is assisting the Supreme Court as Amicus Curie in the case pertaining to the alleged extrajudicial killings of 1,528 persons in Manipur.
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Menaka Guruswamy has advised the United Nations Development Fund, New York and United Nations Children's Fund, New York and UNICEF South Sudan on various aspects of International Human Rights Law and has supported the constitution-making process in Nepal.
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Menaka Guruswamy has advanced degrees in law from the University of Oxford, Harvard Law School and the National Law School of India University.
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Menaka Guruswamy joined the bar in 1997 and started working with the then Attorney General of India, Ashok Desai.
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Menaka Guruswamy has represented the Union of India and National Capital Territory of Delhi in various matters.
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Menaka Guruswamy appeared on behalf of petitioners from the Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi and in the landmark judgment, the 5-judge Constitutional bench of the Supreme Court read down Section 377 as not applicable to consenting adults.
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Menaka Guruswamy successfully argued for his bail after his arrest.
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On 29 March 2019, Menaka Guruswamy was designated Senior Advocate by the Supreme Court of India.
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Menaka Guruswamy has been visiting faculty at Yale Law School, University of Toronto Faculty of Law and New York University School of Law.
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Menaka Guruswamy has taught courses on South Asian Constitutionalism, Comparative Constitutional Law, Constitutional Design in Post-Conflict Democracies and others.
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Menaka Guruswamy is the first Indian and second woman to have her portrait hung at the Milner Hall in Rhodes House at the University of Oxford.
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On International Women's Day in March 2019, Menaka Guruswamy was honored by Harvard Law School as Women Inspiring Change in a portrait exhibition.
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Menaka Guruswamy has been featured in Forbes India's List of Women-Power Trailblazer, 2019.
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Menaka Guruswamy writes widely for print and online publications such as the New York Times, the Indian Express, Scroll.