Education

• BA LLB (Hons), West Bengal National University of Juridical Sciences (NUJS), Kolkata
• Bachelor of Civil Law (BCL), University of Oxford, UK

Profile

Deeksha’s research interests lie at the intersection of equality, family, and labour law. She is particularly interested in how legal regimes construct and sustain relationships of care and control. She is also deeply engaged with animal rights and politics, examining the ways in which legal regulation mediates hierarchies of species, caste, and religion in India.

Publications

“Vocabulary as the Cause of Action: The Limits of the Supreme Court’s Latest Gender Sensitivity Report”, The Leaflet, August 2026, (https://theleaflet.in/women-and-children/vocabulary-as-the-cause-of-action-the-limits-of-the-supreme-courts-latest-gender-sensitivity-report)

“Some Elephants are More Equal Than Others: Problematising the Legal Categorisation of Elephants”, Journal of Indian Law and Society, Vol. 13, Issue 2, 2022 (co-authored with Alok Hisarwala Gupta) (https://jilsblognujs.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/deeksha-viswanathan-alok-hisarwala-gupta_132.pdf)

“No fundamental right to marry will have foreboding, far-reaching consequences”, The Leaflet, November 2023 (co-authored with Mihir Rajamane) (https://theleaflet.in/equality/no-fundamental-right-to-marry-will-have-foreboding-far-reaching-consequences)

“The Supreme Court’s Marriage Equality Judgment – IV: Between Gendered and Neutral Approaches – Untying the Bench’s Self-Made Knots”, Indian Constitutional Law and Policy, November 2023 (co-authored with Mihir Rajamane) (https://indconlawphil.wordpress.com/2023/11/02/the-supreme-courts-equal-marriage-judgment-iv-between-gendered-and-neutral-approaches-untying-the-benchs-self-made-knots-guest-post/)

“The Wild Life (Protection) Amendment Bill, 2022 is a regressive step in our policy towards captive elephants”, The Leaflet, October 2022 (https://theleaflet.in/environment/the-wild-life-protection-amendment-bill-2022-is-a-regressive-step-in-our-policy-towards-captive-elephants)