Post Date: Wednesday, November 20, 2019
In 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 failure, proper action will be taken against the person responsible including the Contractor. For the purpose of monitoring the lifting of garbage as well as to identify chocked drain and in turn cleaning and draining out water, this Court would constitute a team of lawyers, they will be requested to furnish report(s) of the area assigned to them, so that the effective action can be taken in the matter of removal of water logging as well as of the dirt from the Nala and sewerage so that there should be free flow of drain water. The constitution of team will be done on the next appointed day. It has also been informed to this Court by learned Advocate General, a High Powered Committee has been constituted to enquire into the matter to examine the cause of the waterlogging and proper action will be taken against erring person, whosoever may be, this Court has hopes and trust that they will act fairly but, it is made clear that if it is not done, the Court will not be averse to constitute a High Powered Committee who will look into the matter and will find out the real person on whose action or inaction the worst situation was created and created a mess in Patna.”
Read the full order here.
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