The Centre for Justice, Law and Society (CJLS) is a queer intersectional feminist research centre in Jindal Global Law School (JGLS) that critically engages with contemporary issues at the intersection of law, justice, society and marginalisation in South Asia. It is a collaborative endeavour of scholars, activists and students engaged in high quality empirical and theoretical research. CJLS foregrounds the question of justice, especially intersectional justice, in law and society studies, to respond to the changing relationship between law and society and inaugurates a distinct terrain of research that is not mimetic of Western mainstream paradigms of law and society studies or studies that do not focus on justice as a central theme.

Its approach combines research and education with activism and advocacy and recognises the importance of interdisciplinary critical engagement with the law. CJLS has created spaces through pedagogical and community led interventions, including doctrinal courses, clinical courses, workshops, and collaborative deliberations, that facilitate critical dialogue and reflections to develop an inclusive and intersectional framework for advocacy and research. CJLS has also crafted judicial, legislative and policy interventions and facilitated consultations with grassroots social movements designed to address punitive laws, regressive policies that de-centre those most affected, and access to justice for marginalised groups.