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 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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HRLN receives positive order regarding shocking Safdarjung Hospital case where supposedly dead infant was handed over to family in an envelope
Case, Delhi, Impact, Issues, Litigation, Quality of Care, WORK
The case of Shanti Devi v Safdarjung Hospital, which has been ongoing since late October 2017, continued in the High Court of Delhi with this positive order that HRLN recently received, where Justice Vibhu Bakhru reprimanded the respondents for their appalling healthcare standards which ultimately led to the death
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Despite Sterilization At Delhi Govt Clinic, Woman Gets Pregnant, Asks For Compensation
Delhi, Issues, Litigation, Media Report, News, Quality of Care, Safe Abortion, States, Sterilisation, WORK
A 28-year-old mother of four has moved the Delhi High Court seeking compensation from the Delhi government for the failure of a parivar seva clinic run by it to sterilise her, leading to her fourth pregnancy.
The petition, which seeks implementation of the Centres Family Planning Indemnity Scheme, was listed for
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HRLN receives positive order in Uttar Pradesh regarding hospital conditions
Case, Impact, Issues, Litigation, Maternal Health, Quality of Care, States, Uttar Pradesh, WORK
In December 2017, HRLN received a positive order from the High Court in Allahabad ordering a Commission comprising of advocates to visit District Hospitals in Allahabad and compile a report on the working conditions. This order followed a petition filed regarding the woefully inadequate healthcare services in several District
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HRLN receives positive order in Safdarjung Hospital Medical Negligence Case
Delhi, Impact, Litigation, Maternal Health, New Delhi, Quality of Care, States, WORK
In the shocking case that involved a baby, pronounced dead, handed over to the family in an envelope, and then turning out to be alive, HRLN has received a positive order from the Delhi High Court, in which Safdarjung Hospital's negligence was described as 'disturbing'.
Read the full order below.
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Litigation
- The Ministry of Health has announced the implementation of HIV and AIDS Act
- Oxytocin sale, production ban suspended by Delhi High Court till October, 2018
- Orders District authorities to be more vigilant, officials should be more sensitized: High Court of Patna on the PIL filed on Child marriage
- HRLN receives positive order regarding implementation of ICDS in Hajipur, Bihar
- Don’t insist on documents like Aadhaar to give benefits of maternity schemes: Delhi High Court
Fact Finding
- New HRLN Fact Finding Report: The Maternal Death of Lt. Tainyu at Panso Village of Nagaland
- New HRLN Fact Finding Report: RKSK’S Disha Clinics for Adolescents in Delhi
- New HRLN Fact-Finding Report: Medical Negligence in Dindori District Hospital, Madhya Pradesh
News
- The Ministry of Health has announced the implementation of HIV and AIDS Act
- Transgenders can file returns online, for now : Supreme Court of India
- Section 377 partially struck down: Supreme Court decriminalises consensual sex between same sex adults