Celebrating 100 Years Of Women In Law In India: Film Launch & Panel Discussion [25th October]

2023 marked the centenary of the Legal Practitioner's (Women) Act of 1923, which first granted women the right to practise law in India. To commemorate & discuss the past, present & future of womaning in the Indian legal profession from an intersectional praxis, The Society for Democratic Rights, University of Cambridge is organising a Film Launch & Panel Discussion on 'CELEBRATING 100 YEARS OF WOMEN IN LAW'

The launch of the film (IN)VISIBLE - by Bhumika Billa, a Ph.D student at Cambridge with the University of Cambridge, is being co- sponsored by Vibha Datta Makhija (Senior Advocate). 

A Keynote Speech will be delievered by Justice (Retd.) Hima Kohli, (Former Judge, Supreme Court of India) followed by a panel discussion.

Panellists

Ms. Vibha Datta Makhija (Senior Advocate)

Ms. Jayna Kothari (Senior Advocate)

Ms. Sanchita Ain (Advocate-on-Record)

Moderator: Ms. Suhasini Haidar (The Hindu)