Through the process of litigation, both individual and PILs, the initiative creates an alternative method to hold government accountable of their legal duties. It has moved the courts to set both a national and international legal precedent by ensuring accountability for maternal death. The initiative actively provides pro bono legal aid for the poor, marginalised and vulnerable whose reproductive health rights have been violated.
Litigation
Presentations from the Two Day Webinar on Reproductive Rights on 23rd & 24th of May, 2020
Access to Contraceptives, Adolescents' Sexual Health and Rights, Andra Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Child Marriage, Delhi, Goa, Gujarat, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, HIV & AIDS, Issues, Jammu and Kashmir, Jharkhand, Karnataka, Kerala, Litigation, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Manipur, Maternal Health, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, New Delhi, Odisha, Presentations, Publication, Punjab, Quality of Care, Rajasthan, Research and Fact Finding, Safe Abortion, Sex Selection, Sikkim, States, Sterilisation, Tamil Nadu, Tripura, Update, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, West Bengal, WORKYou can now access all of the presentations that were made at the Webinar ‘Access to Reproductive Justice’ on 23.05.2020 & 24.05.2020. The presentations feature a huge range of topics that all intersect to discriminate against women, as well as the ways in which law has and can further
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Patna High Court: Ration facility for all transgender persons
Articles, Bihar, Case, Impact, Issues, Litigation, Quality of Care, States, Transgender Rights, WORKDue to the COVID- 19 outbreak, people are not receiving the basic entitlements. The Transgender Community is facing a bigger obstacles in these challenging times. HRLN filed a petition when 6 trans person could not avail food grains due to the non possession of ration cards. The Patna High
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Nikhil Datar vs. Union of India: A long drawn struggle
Andra Pradesh, Articles, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, Case, Chhattisgarh, Delhi, Education, Goa, Gujarat, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Impact, Issues, Jammu and Kashmir, Jharkhand, Karnataka, Kerala, Landmark, Litigation, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, New Delhi, News, Odisha, Punjab, Rajasthan, Safe Abortion, Sikkim, States, Tamil Nadu, Tripura, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, West Bengal, WORKAmendment of (MTP) Act 71 is on its way: The Union Cabinet on 29.01.2020 approved extending the upper limit for permitting abortions from the present 20 weeks to 24 weeks. The Cabinet permitted the Medical Termination of Pregnancy (Amendment) Bill, 2020 to amend the Medical Termination of
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Patna High Court gives favourable order in response to the PIL on water logging in the state
Bihar, Education, Impact, Issues, Landmark, Litigation, Maternal Health, News, Quality of Care, States, Uncategorized, WORKIn response to the ongoing PIL on the issue of water clogging in Patna, Bihar, the Patna High Court has directed that a team be constituted and that actions be taken immediately.
“…In that view of the matter, this Court directs that the garbage should be lifted without delay, in
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Guwahati High Court delivers landmark judgement; Department of Health and Family Welfare to pay Twenty Five Lakh Rupees to Petitioner in Nagaland
Case, Images, Issues, Landmark, Litigation, Maternal Health, Nagaland, News, Quality of Care, Report, Research and Fact Finding, Safe Abortion, States, Update
18.11.2019: In a landmark judgement, The Department to pay Twenty Five Lakh Rupees to Moba Changkai, Monyakshu village, Nagaland.
Synopsis of the case: Mon District, the eastern part of Nagaland is one of the most backward districts in the state. Monyakshu, the biggest village
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Litigation
- Presentations from the Two Day Webinar on Reproductive Rights on 23rd & 24th of May, 2020
- Patna High Court: Ration facility for all transgender persons
- Nikhil Datar vs. Union of India: A long drawn struggle
- Patna High Court gives favourable order in response to the PIL on water logging in the state
- Guwahati High Court delivers landmark judgement; Department of Health and Family Welfare to pay Twenty Five Lakh Rupees to Petitioner in Nagaland
Fact Finding
- Presentations from the Two Day Webinar on Reproductive Rights on 23rd & 24th of May, 2020
- Report on the State level Consultation in Arunachal Pradesh on 2nd & 3rd November, 2019
- Sexual and Reproductive Health Rights Dictionary
News
- Report of the two day webinar on ‘Access to Reproductive Justice’ on 23rd & 24th May, 2020
- Report of the National level consultation on Trans people and women’s issues- 28th & 29th December, 2019
- Nikhil Datar vs. Union of India: A long drawn struggle