Jan 07 2025 to Jan 07 2025 6:30 p.m.

Where

Bangalore International Centre

7 4th Main Rd, Stage 2, Domlur 560071

Event Description

What does it mean when vulnerable groups end up in Court for their right to love?

This session with the author of Urban Elite v. Union of India Rohin Bhatt will discuss a wide range of issues surrounding the queer community in India.

Amongst others, the author will seek to answer the following questions: How should social impact and public interest legislation be undertaken? What goes through the mind of a queer lawyer when homophobia is masqueraded as a legal argument?

A conversation between Rohin Bhatt and Arvind Narain will be followed by a Q&A session with the audience.
Speakers
Rohin Bhatt
Author & Lawyer

Rohin Bhatt is a queer, non-binary lawyer who practices in the Supreme Court. Their work has spanned not just activism inside the courtroom but also outside it, along with writing extensively on issues of queer rights and human rights. They have been quoted extensively on issues of queer rights in India by both national and foreign media.
Arvind Narrain
Lawyer & Author

Arvind Narrain is a lawyer and writer who is a visiting faculty at the National Law School. He is the author of most recently, India’s Undeclared Emergency: Constitutionalism and the Politics of Resistance. He is also the co-editor of Because I have A Voice: Queer politics in India and Law like love: Queer Perspectives on Law. He was also part of the litigation team which challenged Section 377 right from the High Court to the Supreme Court.