Indira Jaising
Lawyer

Indian Mumbai

Quick Info

Profession	Lawyer
Nationality	Indian
Date of Birth	03/06/1940
Age	85 years
Birthplace	Mumbai

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Physical Stats & More

Eye Color	Black
Hair Color	Grey

Educational Qualification(s)

College/University	Bangalore University University of Bombay
Degree	Bachelor of Arts from Bangalore University LLM from University of Bombay

Personal Life

Religion	Hinduism

Relationships & More

Marital Status	Married

Family

Spouse	Anand Grover

Career

First woman designated as Senior Advocate by the Bombay High Court in 1986.
First woman Additional Solicitor General of India in 2009.
First Indian woman elected to the UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) from 2009 to 2018.
Co-founder of Lawyers Collective NGO with Anand Grover.
Co-founder of The Leaflet, a digital platform for critical legal analysis.
Member of the UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW).
Senior Advocate at the Supreme Court of India.
Instrumental in framing the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act 2005.
Key advocate for live-streaming of Supreme Court proceedings.

Social Media

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Some Lesser Known Facts

1. Indira Jaising is a prominent Indian lawyer celebrated for her advocacy of human rights and gender equality.
2. She finished her schooling in Mumbai and earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from Bangalore University before obtaining an LLM from the University of Bombay.
3. Alongside her husband Anand Grover, she established the Lawyers Collective NGO, emphasizing feminism and left-wing issues.
4. In 1986, she made history as the first woman appointed as a senior advocate by the High Court of Bombay.
5. Indira Jaising is recognized for her involvement in significant legal cases that advance human rights and gender equality.
6. In 2018, she was ranked 20th in the list of 50 Greatest Leaders of the World by Fortune magazine.
7. She represented victims in landmark cases including Bhopal Gas Tragedy, Githa Hariharan (mother as natural guardian), K P S Gill sexual harassment case, Bilkis Bano gang rape case, and R G Kar Medical College rape-murder case.
8. She played a key role in advocating for live streaming of courtroom proceedings and challenging the procedure for designating senior advocates.
9. Born to a middle-class Sindhi family, she grew up during the partition and experienced displacement from Pakistan.
10. She resisted family pressure for an arranged marriage to pursue her legal education, qualifying as a lawyer in 1962.
11. Alongside her husband Anand Grover, she established the Lawyers Collective NGO in 1981, emphasizing feminism and left-wing issues.
12. She was awarded the Padma Shri in 2005 for her contribution to public life.
13. She represented victims in landmark cases including Bhopal Gas Tragedy, Mary Roy versus State of Kerala (Syrian Christian women's inheritance rights), Olga Tellis versus Bombay Municipal Corporation (pavement dwellers' rights), Githa Hariharan versus Reserve Bank of India, K P S Gill sexual harassment case, Bilkis Bano gang rape case, and R G Kar Medical College rape-murder case.
14. She represented Air India air hostesses in their battle for workplace equality and represented women judges who faced sexual harassment.

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