Two-finger test ban: The SC’s judgement is lacking

Alena was an Associate Fellow in the Criminal Justice Team. She holds a Master of Science in Sociology of Law from Lund University (2022) and a Bachelor of Arts in Liberal Arts and Sciences from Leiden University College, The Hague, an interdisciplinary program bringing together international law and human rights with social scientific research methods. Her research as part of these degrees examined resistance to the implementation of India’s Mental Healthcare Act, and litigation on manual scavenging. Alena also consults for think tanks working on human rights and international relations with India. Her work at Vidhi focuses on international best practices in criminal law reform.

Ayushi is a Senior Resident Fellow with the Crime & Punishment Team at Vidhi. Her work focuses on mapping of India's criminal law landscape and developing a framework for principle based criminal law making. Prior to joining Vidhi, she worked at Nirma University and National Forensic Sciences University, Gandhinagar. She writes regularly for various national media outlets like Times of India, the Deccan Herald, Economic and Political Weekly etc. She graduated from National University of Law, Punjab (RGNUL) and obtained her Masters from the Indian Law Institute, Delhi. She is currently pursuing her doctoral studies at National Law Institute University, Bhopal, where her research is focused on violence against sexual minorities.