Who Is Karuna Nundy? Indian Lawyer In TIME 100 Most Influential People List Of 2022

Who is Karuna Nundy? The lawyer and public activist Karuna Nundy was named in the TIME list of the 100 most influential people of 2022. She is known for fighting for women in the court of law and is known for speaking her mind on social media as well. She is popular for her stance on marital rape laws in India.

As per her introduction written by Menaka Guruswamy, a senior advocate at the Supreme Court of India, Nundy is a "champion of women's rights who has advocated for the reform of antirape laws and fought cases relating to sexual harassment in the workplace." According to Guruswamy, she makes an effort to explain legal issues and uses it as a way to engage with the media and the public.

Nundy's name came under the leaders' section, which also included Mia Mottley, Volodymyr Zelensky, Ketanji Brown Jackson, Joe Rogan, XI Jinping, Ursula Von Der Leyen, Ron Desantis, Joe Biden, Yoon Suk-yeol, Vladimir Putin, Olaf Scholz, Samia Suluhu Hassan, Kevin Mccarthy, Abiy Ahmed, Kyrsten Sinema, Gabriel Boric, Khurram Parvez, Letitia James, Valeriy Zaluzhnyy, Lynn Fitch, Umar Ata Bandial and Sun Chunlan.

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Who Is Karuna Nundy?

Sharing the news on Twitter, Nundy wrote, "Startled and most deeply honoured to be on #time100, with and for the multitudes of people, the court systems, the lawyers the movements and the rights I represent. Thank you to each of you who has offered support along the way, you know who you are," adding, "This Time profile by @astharajvanshi made me feel seen."

Nundy is an advocate at the Supreme Court of India and is also an international human rights lawyer. She represents and acts as the legal policy adviser to governments, United Nations, companies and civil society movements.

In front of the court, she is also arguing the unconstitutional restriction on online speech. Her pro bono practise also includes the 1984 gas disaster and toxic waste dumps in Bhopal.

She has done her economics degree from St Stephen's College in Delhi University, then law from the University of Cambridge and LL.M from Columbia Law School. She is qualified to practice in India and New York.

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