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Unfortunately, Menaka and Arundhati were unable to attend the awards ceremony in person, because of an SC hearing.
https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1646943908406894618
https://www.monticello.org/thomas-jefferson-foundation/thomas-jefferson-foundation-medals/law-medal-recipients/
Menaka Guruswamy and Arundhati Katju, who have advanced LGBT rights as lawyers in India, have been named this year’s recipients of the Thomas Jefferson Foundation Medal in Law....“Menaka Guruswamy and Arundhati Katju have worked tirelessly to advance equality and LGBT rights in India, the world’s largest democracy,” Dean Risa Goluboff said....Guruswamy and Katju represented plaintiffs in a landmark 2018 ruling in which the Supreme Court of India unanimously decriminalized homosexuality by striking down a colonial-era anti-sodomy law. The petition was the first time LGBT Indians had challenged the law as a violation of their fundamental rights. In recognition of their success, Guruswamy and Katju were named among TIME magazine’s 100 Most Influential People of 2019. ...
https://www.law.virginia.edu/news/202302/lgbt-rights-litigators-receive-jefferson-medals-law
On GPS: A victory for LGBT rights in India
Lawyers Menaka Guruswamy and Arundhati Katju tell Fareed about how they overturned a colonial era sodomy law and decriminalized gay sex in India.
https://edition.cnn.com/videos/tv/2019/07/12/exp-gps-0714-guruswamy--katju-on-indian-lgbt-rights.cnn
I want them to hire them now.
People commenting here are really stupid to say that other lawyers deserve the same honour. It’s like saying that a cricketer should give up the man of the match award snd share it with the remaining 10 players.