Advocating For The Recognition Of Women’s Unpaid Labour – King’s College London

Malavika Rajkotia has been an advocate in the Indian Courts for over 35 years and has developed a practice on divorce and property law. She is widely regarded as one of the best divorce lawyers in India.

She is the author of Intimacy Undone: Law of Marriage, Divorce and Family in India, which seeks to critically examine the institution of divorce and marriage in India, situated as it is within larger political structures and institutions. She has also worked on issues relating to civil liberties and human rights with organisations like Sakshi and IFSHA and has delivered lectures at various universities including National Law University Delhi. She has also previously spoken at Judicial Academies on family law and gender sensitization of judges.

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Malvika Rajkotia
Malvika Rajkotia

Malavika Rajkotia is an attorney with about 31 years of experience in a wide range of practice areas. She has developed a focus on family and property law, and also takes up issues pertaining to civil liberties and environmental law. Her personal interests are theatre where she has been active, having done about 30 Hindi and English productions as also a television law based serial called “Bhanwar”. She anchored the first Hindi Television Talk show in India called Shakti, which focused on women’s rights. She also works with various NGOs like Sakshi and IFSHA on civil liberties and human rights issues.

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