Shalu Nigam
Indian lawyer
Shalu Nigam is an Indian lawyer, feminist legal scholar, and author. She was the petitioner in the landmark case Shalu Nigam v. Regional Passport Officer, decided on 17 May 2016, which held that applicants can be issued passports without requiring the name of the father.
Biography
Shalu Nigam is a lawyer, feminist legal scholar, author and TEDx speaker.
Her books include Domestic violence in India: What one should know? (a resource book), Women and Domestic Violence Law in India: A Quest for Justice, Domestic Violence Law in India: Myth and Misogyny, Dowry is a Serious Economic Violence: Rethinking Dowry Law in India, and Single Mothers, Patriarchy and Citizenship in India: Rethinking Lone Motherhood through the Lens of Socio-legal and Policy Framework. She also co-authored The Founding Mothers: 15 Women Architect of the Indian Constitution.
She is a contributor to Countercurrents.org, Mainstream Weekly, Indian Journal of Gender Studies, and the South Asia Journal.
Education and career
Nigam graduated from the Lady Irwin College, University of Delhi in 1990. She received her LLB from Delhi University, and a degree in MA in Social Work from Jamia Millia Islamia.
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