Uma, Saumya ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5867-9111 and Saxena, Parkhi ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1311-4061 (2026) Few hits, many misses: the role of the Law Commission of India in ushering gender-just family law reforms. Indian Law Review. Taylor & Francis . ISSN 2473-0580 (In Press) Available at: https://doi.org/10.1080/24730580.2026.2638105

Ashraph, Sareta, Radhakrishnan, Akila, Shubin, Grant, Uma, Saumya ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5867-9111, Kudekallu, Ramya Jawahar, Sehmi, Anushka, Davis, Lisa and Kumskova, Marina (2025) The Situation in Sudan. In: Feminist Judgments: Reimagining the International Criminal Court. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge. pp. 207-277. ISBN 9781009255288 Available at: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009255271.017

Uma, Saumya and Madan, Dhruv (2024) Aparajita Bill: A Populist move devoid of due diligence. The Wire. Available at: https://thewire.in/law/aparajita-bill-a-populist-m...

Uma, Saumya (2024) Why the Bharatiya Nyay Sanhita is a missed opportunity for gender justice. The Wire. Available at: https://thewire.in/law/bharatiya-nyay-sanhita-wome...

Uma, Saumya (2024) Contextualizing law and policy framework on mental health. In: Mental health care resource book : Concepts and praxis for social workers and mental health professionals. Springer, Singapore. pp. 115-128. ISBN 978-981-97-1205-2 Available at: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-97-1203-8_7

Uma, Saumya (2023) Why the 'Marital Rape Exemption' in criminal law must go. The Wire. Available at: https://thewire.in/rights/why-the-marital-rape-exe...

Uma, Saumya (2023) Between the Devil and the Deep Sea: Tribal Women’s Inheritance Rights in India. Indian Journal of Gender Studies, 30 (3). pp. 309-329. SAGE . ISSN 0973-0672 Available at: https://doi.org/10.1177/09715215231183623

Uma, Saumya (2023) Law Commission of India and Uniform Civil Code looking back, looking forward. Economic and Political Weekly, 58 (40). pp. 21-24. Sameeksha Trust . ISSN 2349-8846 Available at: https://www.epw.in/journal/2023/40/commentary/law-...

Uma, Saumya (2023) Violence, Gender and the State:‘Not Just’ a legal analysis. Routledge, London. ISBN 9781003308959 Available at: https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003308959

Uma, Saumya (2023) What a Gender-Just Uniform Civil Code could look like. The Wire. Available at: https://thewire.in/law/what-a-gender-just-uniform-...

Uma, Saumya (2023) Book review: Kalpana Kannabiran, Law, Justice and Human Rights in India: Short Reflections. [Book Review] Available at: https://doi.org/10.1177/09715215231158002

Uma, Saumya (2023) Marital Rape in South Asia: Colonial Origins and postcolonial challenges. In: The Asian Yearbook of Human Rights and Humanitarian Law. The Asian Yearbook of Human Rights and Humanitarian Law, vol. 7. Brill Nijhoff, Leiden. pp. 271-309. ISBN 9789004538627 Available at: https://brill.com/edcollbook/title/64290

Uma, Saumya (2023) Lesser than equal? A feminist analysis of Hindu family law in India. African Journal of Gender and Religion, 28 (2). pp. 1-28. University of the Western Cape . ISSN 1025-5648 Available at: https://doi.org/10.36615/ajgr.v28i2.1485

Uma, Saumya (2022) Clash of the titans or friendly bedfellows? Freedom of religion or belief and women’s rights in India. Review of Faith and International Affairs, 20 (2). pp. 81-95. Taylor & Francis . ISSN 1557-0274 Available at: https://doi.org/10.1080/15570274.2022.2065808

Uma, Saumya (2021) Fidelity, male privilege and the sanctity of marriage: Examining the decriminalization of adultery in India. Women and Criminal Justice, 33 (1). pp. 28-45. Routledge . ISSN 8974454 Available at: https://doi.org/10.1080/08974454.2021.1972899

Uma, Saumya (2021) Israel's Colonisation of Palestine and the Pursuit of International Justice. The Wire. Available at: https://thewire.in/world/israels-colonisation-of-p...

Uma, Saumya (2021) International criminal court: A report card. The Wire. Available at: https://thewire.in/rights/international-criminal-c...

Uma, Saumya (2021) State cooperation and the challenge to international criminal justice. The Wire. Available at: https://thewire.in/law/state-cooperation-and-the-c...

Uma, Saumya (2021) Victims at the heart of International Criminal Justice. The Wire. Available at: https://thewire.in/rights/victims-at-the-heart-of-...

Uma, Saumya (2021) Where does international criminal law stand when it comes to sexual and gender-based violence? The Wire. Available at: https://thewire.in/rights/where-does-international...

Uma, Saumya (2021) The Rohingya's Quest for International Justice. The Wire. Available at: https://thewire.in/world/the-rohingyas-quest-for-i...

Uma, Saumya (2021) Catching the big fish: Examining the efficacy of international criminal justice. The Wire. Available at: https://thewire.in/world/catching-the-big-fish-exa...

Uma, Saumya (2021) The Afghan conflict and the long road to international justice. The Wire. Available at: https://thewire.in/world/the-afghan-conflict-and-t...

Uma, Saumya (2021) Menstrual “impurity”, women’s access to public worship and the law: a feminist re-writing of the Sabarimala judgement S. Mahendran v The Secretary, Travancore Devaswom Board AIR 1993 Ker 42. Indian Law Review, 5 (3). pp. 288-309. Taylor and Francis Ltd. . ISSN 24730580 Available at: https://doi.org/10.1080/24730580.2021.1937893

Uma, Saumya (2021) Wedlock or wed-lockup? A case for abolishing restitution of conjugal rights in India. International Journal of Law, Policy and the Family, 35 (1): ebab004. Oxford University Press . ISSN 13609939 Available at: https://doi.org/10.1093/lawfam/ebab004

Uma, Saumya and Pal, Malabika (2021) All work, no pay on valuing women's housework. Economic and Political Weekly, 56 (17). pp. 31-34. Sameeksha Trust . ISSN 129976 Available at: https://www.epw.in/journal/2021/17/perspectives/al...

Uma, Saumya and Saxena, Niti (2021) Rights and wrongs of anti-conversion law(s) juxtaposing ‘Honour’ with women’s agency. Economic and Political Weekly, 56 (1). pp. 15-18. Sameeksha Trust . ISSN 129976 Available at: https://www.epw.in/journal/2021/1/commentary/right...

Uma, Saumya and Hiremath, Vijay (2020) Police atrocities and the quest for justice. Economic and Political Weekly, 55 (50). pp. 32-37. Economic and Political Weekly . ISSN 129976 Available at: https://www.epw.in/journal/2020/50/insight/police-...

Uma, Saumya and Sreenath, Samudyata (2020) Legal imagination and social reform: Navtej Johar revisited. NUJS Law Review, 13 (3). The West Bengal National University of Juridical Sciences . Available at: http://nujslawreview.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/1...

Uma, Saumya (2020) Female criminality, mental health & the Law. In: Gender and mental health: Combining theory and practice. Springer, Singapore. pp. 143-156. ISBN 9789811553929 Available at: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-5393-6_10

Uma, Saumya and Kamath, Aditya (2020) Gamechanger or a trojan horse? Some reflections on the maternity benefit act, 1961. Economic and Political Weekly, 55 (22). pp. 59-65. Economic and Political Weekly . ISSN 129976 Available at: https://www.epw.in/journal/2020/20/review-womens-s...

Uma, Saumya (2016) At the crossroads of freedom of religion and women's equality rights: Some reflections from South Asia. International Journal for Religious Freedom, 9 (1-2). pp. 67-80. Sabinet . ISSN 2070-5484 Available at: https://hdl.handle.net/10520/ejc-ijrf-v9-n1-a7