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19 October 2024

How Delhi’s ‘One-Stop Centres’ In Courts, Meant To Assist Women With Medical, Legal Help, Are Failing Or Flailing

Gender

The Delhi gangrape of 2012 shocked India, contributed to the fall of a government and led to the establishment of 733 centres meant to help women who had been abused or attacked. In 2019, the Supreme Court listed what these centres should have: from medical and legal help to air conditioning and video conferencing. Instead, a visit to four of six centres in Delhi’s courts, India’s most unsafe city for women, and right-to-information queries revealed centres not doing what they were meant to do.

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Rights of Victims in a Trial

Litigation

Author: Hamza Tariq The jurisprudence on the rights of the victim are constantly evolving. Much of this evolving jurisprudence is owed to the 154th Report of the Law Commission and  the Committee on the Reforms in the Criminal Justice System, which called for an independent right of victims to participate in trial.  More recently, the

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Victim Compensation Scheme Delhi: Road to restitution and compensation

Gender

Author: Joicy Milun Zou Legal Framework and Section 357-A of the Criminal Procedure Code The United Nations adopted “The UN Declaration of Basic Principles of Justice for Victims of Crimes and Abuse of Power on 29.11.1985 at its 96th Plenary session, and India was one of the signee members/countries.  The 154th Report of Law Commission of

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अनुसूचित जाति और अनुसूचित जनजाति (अत्याचार निवारण) अधिनियम, 1989 पर हिंदी प्रशिक्षण सामग्री

Caste in India

Author: Vanshika Mohta जाति आधारित हिंसा पर अपने शोध और हस्तक्षेप कार्य के एक हिस्से के रूप में, पार्ट III, कार्यकर्ताओं, स्वयंसेवकों और समुदाय के सदस्यों के साथ, आपराधिक प्रक्रिया के तहत अनुसूचित जाति और अनुसूचित जनजाति (अत्याचार निवारण) अधिनियम, 1989 के अंतर्गत पीड़ितों/शिकायतकर्ताओं के कानूनी अधिकारों पर दिल्ली, उत्तर प्रदेश और बिहार में प्रशिक्षण

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Hindi Training Material on the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989

Caste in India

Author: Vanshika Mohta As part of its action research and intervention on caste-based violence, Part III conducts training sessions in Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, and Delhi for activists, volunteers, and community members. These sessions focus on educating participants about the legal rights of survivors and complainants under the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities)

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Case Study: Right to Education and the Process of Obtaining a Transfer Certificate

Right to Education

Author: Joicy Milun Zou Case Overview: Kavita’s struggle to continue education Kavita, a 14-year-old student from a modest, working-class family, faced significant hurdles in her pursuit of education. Her father, Deepak, worked as a driver and was the sole provider for the family. Kavita had been attending the private school, Shiksha Mandir, from Nursery through

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