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
Madhya Pradesh Orders 2017
Issues, Litigation, Madhya Pradesh, Maternal Health, Quality of Care, States, Sterilisation, WORK
Available below are all of HRLN's Reproductive Rights Initative's 2017 Orders in the High Court of Madhya Pradesh
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Chhattisgarh Orders 2017
Chhattisgarh, Litigation, States, WORK
Available below are all of HRLN's Reproductive Rights Initative's 2017 Orders in the High Court of Chhattisgarh.
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Bihar Orders 2017
Access to Contraceptives, Adolescents' Sexual Health and Rights, Bihar, Issues, Litigation, Maternal Health, Quality of Care, States, Sterilisation, WORK
Available below are all of HRLN's Reproductive Rights Initative's 2017 Orders in the High Court of Patna, State of Bihar.
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Assam Orders 2017
Assam, Issues, Litigation, Maternal Health, Quality of Care, States, WORK
Available below are all of HRLN's Reproductive Rights Initative's 2017 Orders in the High Court of Guwahati, State of Assam.
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HRLN receives positive order regarding woman who was turned away from a hospital and subsequently gave birth in an autorickshaw
Case, Delhi, Issues, Litigation, Maternal Health, Quality of Care, States, WORK
Earlier this month, Justice Vibhu Bakhru delivered a positive order in the Delhi High Court regarding a woman who was turned away from a hospital and subsequently gave birth in an autorickshaw, and was then charged a large amount of out of pocket expenditure for her delivery. Notable quotes
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Litigation
- HRLN receives positive order in UP Salenta Case
- Positive Order Received in UP Fistula Case
- Supreme Court Orders 2017
- Manipur Orders 2017
- Maharashtra Orders 2017
Fact Finding
- New HRLN Fact-Finding Report: Medical Negligence in Dindori District Hospital, Madhya Pradesh
- HRLN publish new book on Child Marriage in India
- New HRLN Fact-Finding Report: Availability of Services for Pregnant Women in Rajgarhali Tea Estate, Assam
News
- Efficacy, safety, cost: India’s decade-old debate on the cervical cancer vaccine erupts again
- Sex ratio at birth dips in 17 large states, Gujarat tops list
- The fight to ban a ‘humiliating’ virginity test for newlyweds