Akhilesh Godi 🏳️‍🌈🇮🇳

Staff Engineer @ | Machine Learning, Tech, Law, Politics enthusiast. Curious and mostly distracted! Views are personal

[Akhilesh Godi 🏳️‍🌈🇮🇳 @godisays]

Which intern is getting fired for this AI slop pride flag creeping in here? Hehe. @MSJEGOI galti se mistake ho gaya kya?

On one hand your lawyers argue ki constitutional morality ke saare judgements per incuriam hai and doosri jagah ye?

This should get a community note 🙈

[Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment, GOI @MSJEGOI]

As Dr. B. R. Ambedkar Jayanti approaches, let’s honour his vision of equality for all.

जैसे-जैसे डॉ. बी. आर. अम्बेडकर जयंती नजदीक आ रही है, आइए समानता के उनके विचारों को अपनाएं। #AmbedkarJayanti

@PMOIndia @narendramodi @AmitShah @Drvirendrakum13 @RamdasAthawale @blvermaup @PIB_India @mygovindia @MIB_India @NISD_India @nskfdc @NSFDC_MOSJE @nbcfdc

[Gautam Bhatia @gautambhatia88]

But that’s not how successful constitutional litigation works or has worked, anywhere. Historically, constitutional challenges have been successful when: (a) they are brought on behalf of coalitions of affected people, who coordinate their efforts and present a consistent stand.

[Akhilesh Godi 🏳️‍🌈🇮🇳 @godisays]

Some people never learn. Horrible.

SC should stop petitions being named after the first person to file a case. Self-serving interests or ambush petitions? One really must wonder the motivation of filing these petitions instead of going to HC or bypassing community consultation.

[Live Law @LiveLawIndia]

#BREAKING Petition filed in #SupremeCourt challenging the constitutionality of the Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Amendment Act, 2026.

The amendment was passed by the Parliament recently, taking away the right to self-determination of gender.

[Akhilesh Godi 🏳️‍🌈🇮🇳 @godisays]

Great thread unpacking the underlying premises of the majority/minority and their differences and what it means for discrimination law.

[Lalit Panda @somesortofpanda]

The disappointment over the marriage (in)equality judgment is real, and goes beyond queer rights. If, like me, you're one of those idiots who likes to process disappointment by trying to understand what caused it, there's a lot in this judgment to unpack. Thread on what I found:

[Akhilesh Godi 🏳️‍🌈🇮🇳 @godisays]

Did they just award him an empty vessel?

I wonder what that was supposed to mean? 💀

[Bar and Bench @barandbench]

Chief Justice of India Dr DY Chandrachud was felicitated in-person with the ‘Award for Global Leadership’ conferred by the Center on the Legal Profession, Harvard Law School

CJI spoke about the initiatives at the Supreme Court that have been taken during his first year of tenure as the Chief Justice. These include incorporation of technology in court processes, launch of Handbook on combating gender stereotypes, etc.

#SupremeCourt @Kennedy_School

[Akhilesh Godi 🏳️‍🌈🇮🇳 @godisays]

@gautambhatia88 @riddleswindle00 I would hope it will be 'am' and not 'was'. 😢

[Gautam Bhatia @gautambhatia88]

New blog post, the first in a series of guest posts on the equal marriage judgment.

The Supreme Court’s Marriage Equality Judgment – I: On the Right to Marry and a Case of Abstention through Delegitimisation

https://t.co/XqEDRFzBmT

[A guest post by Kartik Kalra.]

[Akhilesh Godi 🏳️‍🌈🇮🇳 @godisays]

@gautambhatia88 I've said this before but I'll say it again, the articulation in the submissions by you and the team were par excellence. The response to the judgement needs that clear an articulation. You, @utkarsh__saxena or someone from the team must write the rebuttal. Hoping against hope!🤞🏾

[Akhilesh Godi 🏳️‍🌈🇮🇳 @godisays]

@nitinmeshram @Profdilipmandal The judgement holds to the contrary - there is unanamity & consensus in the judgement across opinions that A.15 discrimination includes sexual orientation and all social benefits that exclude LGBT relationships is exclusionary. Please read this 🧵: https://t.co/WN31Of9yhF

[Akhilesh Godi 🏳️‍🌈🇮🇳 @godisays]

Having read the judgement now, 🧵 on what we have so far in the marriage equality judgement:

1. J. SKK holds Special Marriage Act violates Article 14 of the Constitution. But no suitable remedies available to court. Concurs with CJI though DYC does not expressly rule SMA unconst

[Akhilesh Godi 🏳️‍🌈🇮🇳 @godisays]

@nitinmeshram @Profdilipmandal Which part of the judgement says the 6th point. Care to point out the relevant paragraphs in the judgement?

[Akhilesh Godi 🏳️‍🌈🇮🇳 @godisays]

@hamzamlakdawala @BhattRohin I don't think my analysis as has been done here: https://t.co/WN31Of9yhF needs a lawyer or professor's approval for me to have a fair view on it.

[Akhilesh Godi 🏳️‍🌈🇮🇳 @godisays]

Having read the judgement now, 🧵 on what we have so far in the marriage equality judgement:

1. J. SKK holds Special Marriage Act violates Article 14 of the Constitution. But no suitable remedies available to court. Concurs with CJI though DYC does not expressly rule SMA unconst

[Akhilesh Godi 🏳️‍🌈🇮🇳 @godisays]

@hamzamlakdawala @BhattRohin So much for democratising the Constitution to the masses. :)

You may think there are reactionary comments (and some of that maybe true), what is also true is many of us have read the judgement and each of us can & should read it & come up with our own view on it.

[Akhilesh Godi 🏳️‍🌈🇮🇳 @godisays]

This thread unrolled for better readability of the analysis on disagreements between the minority and majority opinions and the commentary on what the petitioners could now do with the judgement: https://t.co/RxGsp9yxO3

[Akhilesh Godi 🏳️‍🌈🇮🇳 @godisays]

Having read the judgement now, 🧵 on what we have so far in the marriage equality judgement:

1. J. SKK holds Special Marriage Act violates Article 14 of the Constitution. But no suitable remedies available to court. Concurs with CJI though DYC does not expressly rule SMA unconst

[Akhilesh Godi 🏳️‍🌈🇮🇳 @godisays]

@threadreaderapp unroll

[Akhilesh Godi 🏳️‍🌈🇮🇳 @godisays]

Having read the judgement now, 🧵 on what we have so far in the marriage equality judgement:

1. J. SKK holds Special Marriage Act violates Article 14 of the Constitution. But no suitable remedies available to court. Concurs with CJI though DYC does not expressly rule SMA unconst

[Akhilesh Godi 🏳️‍🌈🇮🇳 @godisays]

A.15 violations being treated this way is problematic. For eg. if there existed no SMA and there was no law to regulate inter faith marriages, would this court arrive at the same conclusions? Deference to an indifferent Parl. when there is Part III violation w/o remedies? ☠️

[Akhilesh Godi 🏳️‍🌈🇮🇳 @godisays]

15. As discussed earlier these are the reasonings for the A.15 violations as penned down by Justice Bhat seem to be in concurrence with CJI. Therefore we have a clear unanimous opinion on A.15 discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation for social benefits.