Litigation

Breaking: ‘Sex With a Minor Wife is Rape’, Supreme Court Rules

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A two Judge Bench of Supreme Court held that sexual intercourse with minor wife is rape and a case can be registered against the Husband. In a landmark ruling, the Supreme Court today read down exception 2 to Section 375 (which defines rape) of the IPC (as amended by the Criminal ..... Read More

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Madhya Pradesh State Government fined Rs 10,000 by the High Court for failure to respond to PIL

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HRLN received at order from the High Court of Madhya Pradesh dated September 2017. The petitioner had filed a PIL regarding the violation of schemes guaranteed under the National Health Mission, such as JSY and JSSK, which are supposed to provide access to free maternal healthcare to those who ..... Read More

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Positive order from the High Court of Chhattisgarh regarding the presence of doctors at medical facilties

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HRLN received a positive order from the High Court of Chhattisgarh in September 2017 which directed the State Government authorities 'to take all requisite steps to ensure that due facilities are made available through the District Hospital Sukma as well as Community Health Centres and Primary Health Centres in that district ..... Read More

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Positive order passed in the High Court of Chhattisgarh regarding the quality of care in Gaurela CHC

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On the 22nd September 2017, in Kali Bai W/o Sita Ram Kasar vs. Union of India & Ors., the High Court of Chhattisgarh delivered an order regarding the quality of care in Gaurela CHC, which the petitioner's daughter had died at during delivery due to a lack of functional medical facilities.  In ..... Read More

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2017 Orders from the Delhi High Court

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View the orders received in the Delhi High Court in 2017 as a result of HRLN's litigation efforts.     ..... Read More

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