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
HRLN represents 13-year old rape victim who is granted an abortion at 31 weeks by the Supreme Court
Impact, Landmark, Litigation, Maharashtra, Media Report, News, Safe Abortion
The Supreme Court on Wednesday allowed a 13-year-old girl from Mumbai to abort her 31-week-old foetus, even though it was healthy and did not have any abnormalities. The minor got pregnant as a result of rape.
Indian law allows abortion of foetuses up to 20 weeks old, but courts can
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HRLN receives positive order from the Patna High Court regarding quality of healthcare in Bihar prisons
Articles, Bihar, Case, Litigation, Media Report, News, Quality of Care, Update
HRLN filed a successful public interest litigation petiiton regarding the appalling lack of healthcare provided to prisoners across Bihar. The lack of healthcare services was noted by the High Court, who took a strong view of the situation and
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In the fight against female foeticide, the supreme court verdict lays stress on implementation of PCPNDT Act
Impact, Litigation, Sex Selection
Voluntary Health Association of Punjab vs. Union of India , Supreme Court of India
“..in an age where people are described as civilised, crime against “female” is committed even when the child is in the womb..” Justice Dipak Misra
The writ petition at it’s core challenged
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Claiming right to abortion and a life of dignity; towards a women friendly abortion law
Case, Litigation, Maharashtra, Safe Abortion, Update
Claiming right to abortion and a life of dignity; towards a women friendly abortion law
Ms. X vs. Union of India; Supreme Court of India {Writ Petition (Civil) 593 of 2016}
In the 22nd week of her pregnancy, Ms. X’s foetus was diagnosed with Anencephaly (absence of
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Mrs X and Mrs Y vs Union of India & Ors: Woman’s Right to Abortion
Case, Litigation, Safe Abortion
Mrs X and Mrs Y vs Union of India & Ors, challenges the Constitutional validity of section 3 (2) (b) of the Medical Termination of Pregnancy Act 1971 (MTP Act). The MTP Act bans the medical termination of a pregnancy post 20 weeks, and therefore does not adequately take
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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