New Delhi
Main Concerns
SLIC Impact
The Delhi unit works intensively on cases of reproductive rights and acid attacks, fighting to ensure compensation and employment for victims of violence as well as ensuring their mental health. In addition to these, the unit handles cases exclusive to the Supreme Court, including but not limited to those on the death penalty, criminal justice, violence against women, forest rights, right to education, right to food, housing, bail applications, media laws, disability rights, and bonded labour.
No Room For Justice: The Story of Khori's Demolition (Documentary)
Khori village in Faridabad, a colony of settlements in the Aravalli woodlands, seems to be in the path of a storm. Brick ...read more
No Room of My Own: Chronicling the aftermath of demolition at Khori Gaon
The team of lawyers and activists from Delhi visited Khori Gaon demolition site on 06.08.2021 and along with it they v ...read more
National Meeting on Human Rights and the Law '21
March of '21 witnessed a successful National Meeting on Human Rights and the Law at Konark, Odisha, organised by Socio-L ...read more
Following the lockdown after the second wave of Covid-19, migrant workers make survival demands.
Since the second wave of Covid-19 has hit Delhi in '21, daily wage and informal workers are once again left all on their ...read more
Supreme Court orders immediate de-congestion of prisons amidst sudden surge of Covid-19
CONTAGION OF COVID 19 VIRUS IN PRISONS
Pending
Three quality meals a day at shelter homes
Bandhua Mukti Morcha Vs Delhi Urban Shelter Improvement Board & Ors
Pending
High Court of Delhi allows Termination of Pregnancy at 25 weeks 4 days in terms of the MTP Amendment Act, 2021
Mahima Yadav v. Govt. of NCT of Delhi & Ors. [Writ Petition(C) 4117/2021]
Disposed Of
Demand for Repeal of the three Farm Laws
DEMAND FOR REPEAL OF THE 3 FARM LAWS Parliament cannot legislate on agriculture;it is in the exclusive domain of th ...read more
Delhi High Court stayed the illegal termination of 35 multitasking staff employed by Lady Hardinge Medical College
All India Kamgar Union vs Union of India & Anr, W.P. (C) 4834/2020
Pending
Delhi High Court directed for the rescue of trafficked girl from Assam.
Singhasan Sona Vs. GNTC & Ors
Pending
Suspension of Sentence
Radhika Mallick, etc Vs State of Odhisa SLP (Crl) No. 004103-004104 of 2020
Disposed
58 houses facing demolition at Panth Nagar South India Camp, T-Huts Pant Nagar, Dehi-110014
Pant Nagar South Indian Camp Worker’s Union v. Delhi Urban Shelter Improvement Board & Ors, WP(C) No. 5999 of 2020
Pending
SC stays surrender of 2,674 undertrials in Delhi
National Forum On Prison Reforms V Government Of Nct Of Delhi & Ors. With Case Diary No 23367 Of 2020
pending
Interim Relief seeks by survivor of a gruesome acid attack granted by Delhi High Court
Shaheen Qureshi v. Government of NCT of Delhi & Ors W.P.(C) 5770/2020
Pending
Delhi High Court directs distribution of Dry Ration to 1400 Non PDS migrant labourer families stranded in Delhi
Lal Chand Rai & Anr. v. Government of NCT of Delhi W.P. (C) 3249 of 2020
Disposed Of
Woman forced to approach Delhi High Court for MTP at 20 weeks 1 day
Neha Devi v. Government of NCT of Delhi Writ Petition (Civil) No. 4140 of 2020
Disposed Of
No action will be taken to demolish 48,000 slum clusters in Delhi, Centre tells Supreme Court
M.C Mehta vs Union of India & Ors., WP(C) 13029/1985
Pending
High Court of Delhi directed the Anti Human Trafficking Unit to produce the trafficked minor girl before the court
Karna Bhakta Vs. Govt. of NCT of Delhi and Ors. W.P. (Crl.) 1397/2020
Pending
Indian Court Hands Down Symbolic Sentence for Outspoken Lawyer
The case against Prashant Bhushan, a public interest lawyer who criticized the Supreme Court and its chief justice in tw ...read more
"GN Saibaba isn’t being let out of prison even in a pandemic. It’s a disgrace"
The ailing, disabled Delhi University professor is serving a life sentence on sketchy charges of being associated with t ...read more
Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Rules, 2020
As soon as the pandemic hit all the sources of income for transgender persons dried up, as all high contact jobs such as ...read more
The most important way forward for journalist in India is to have the sedition law scrapped and to have criminal defamat ...read more
Farewell Justice Suresh
Justice Suresh died last night in his sleep. The lockdown prevents us from being with him at the funeral. I have known h ...read more
PIL in Supreme Court for transporting Migrant Workers walking on the roads
Jhangyaseni Mohapatra v. Union of India
Pending
Rights and Challenges faced by Students with Disability, Girl Students and Students from Scheduled Caste Community
"Without inclusive and equitable quality education and lifelong opportunities for all, countries will not succeed in bre ...read more
Report on the Two-Day Webinar on Access to Reproductive Justice
This webinar not only concentrates on saying how gloomy and difficult the situation is and the new deprivations women ar ...read more
Use of the Law for Prisoners
Socio-Legal Information Centre conducted a zoom webinar on the use of law for prisoners on 17.05.2020 from 8:30 am to 12 ...read more
Environmental Justice: Insights & Contemporary Issues
In the wake of Covid 19, a group of researchers and lawyers from SLIC began the process of organising a series of worksh ...read more
Covid 19 and the Use of Law
Prior to the announcement of the National Lockdown on 25 March 2020, a number of courts had shut down in response to the ...read more
Government allows thousands of migrant workers stranded at India-Nepal border to return home after petition in Supreme Court
Ganga Giri Goswami v. Union of India
Disposed of
Journalists laid off during Covid-19 Lockdown
National Alliance Of Journalists & Ors. vs Union Of India & Ors
Pending
Relief Work - Delhi Unit
As soon as the lockdown was announced on the 25th of March 2020, there were news reports flowing in of lack of access to ...read more
Delhi HC grants relief to 1200 HPCL workers; orders payment of Rs. 42 crores within one week
Cachar Paper Project Workers Union (Intuc) vs. Union Of India And Anr.
Respondents to reply with compliance on 21.5.2020
More than 300 alleged 'foreigners' detained in Assam detention centres released after petition in Supreme Court
Rajubala Das v. Union of India
Disposed of
Supreme Court Grants Relief to Badli Worker in his long litigation battle
Kalayan Dombivli Mahanagar Parivahan Seva Vs. Anil Shankar Dhanke Dairy No. 43612 of 2019
Disposed off
Release of persons in Detention Centres
Raju Bala Das vs Union of India and Anr
Disposed off
Kishan Ganj Railway Line Colony
Kishan Ganj Railway Line Workers Union v. Northern Railway & Ors, WP(C) 2744/2020
Pending
Petition for Reservation of seats in Public Transport for Transgender Persons
Sowmya Gupta vs Department of Delhi Trasport Cooperation and Anr.
Disposed
Delhi District Court cancelled acid attack accused bail for repeatedly threatening the complainant
State vs Mohd. Salim @ Pintu, SC No. 253/2019
Prosecution Evidence
Challenging rejection of reservation for Persons with Disabilities
George Paily Vs. Union of India, W.P. (C) 2508/2020
Pending
Kathputli Colony razed and forced the residents to leave Kathputli Colony
Centre for Holistic-CHD & Anr v. Delhi Development Authority & Ors, WP(C) No. 9663 of 2017
Disposed off
National Level Consultation on Rights of Transgender Persons
As of April 2020 it would’ve been six years since the NALSA judgement was passed by the Hon’ble Supreme Court under ...read more
Challenge to the Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Act, 2019
Rachana Mudraboyina and Ors vs Union of India and Ors
Pending
Delhi High Court Granted Bail To The 'Whistleblower' In Bonded Labour Case
SURESH CHAKMA Vs. STATE BAIL APPLN. 2574/2019
Disposed Of
A Critique of Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Bill, 2019
Rachana Mudraboyina a Trans Activist, one of the founding members of Telangana Hijra Intersex Transgender Samiti and fou ...read more
Report on Forest Rights Act - Minority Rights Group International
This report is made by Minority Rights Group International (“MRG”) in relation to W.P. (C) No. 109/2008 titled Wildl ...read more
Redressing ‘Historical Injustice’ through the Indian Forest Rights Act 2006
The issue of forest rights in India is a major concern by any measure. It affects forested landscapes that cover o ...read more
Delhi High Court Granted Bail To The 'Informant' In Bonded Labour Case
DHAN BHAKTA vs. THE STATE BAIL APPLN. 1401/2019
Disposed Of
Plan of Action: For Working Children in Delhi
To address the situation arising from the recent notification declaring ban on employment of children in domestic work e ...read more
Critique of Transgender Bill 2018
A critique of the Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Bill, 2018 By Rachana Mudraboyina & Kranti L C R ...read more
Another minor rescued as bonded labour from Shalimar Bagh, second in two months
As part of the continuous national campaign to eradicate the bonded labour and to rescue bonded labours across India, a ...read more
Locked in room by her employers: Minor girl working as bonded labour rescued, FIR registered
For a 17-year-old girl, who was locked in a room as a bonded labour, freedom came knocking on the doors of her employers ...read more
Forced to marry her maternal uncle: SC directs J&K Police to ensure girl’s safety
The Supreme Court on 12th October issued an order to Jammu and Kashmir’s Director General of Police in a Habeas Corpus ...read more
Manual scavenging case: Delhi high court reprimands state govt for failing to provide relief to rescued bonded labourer
Nirmal Gorana & Anr vs State NCT of Delhi & Ors Writ petition (Crl) 3177/2017 In 2007, SLIC’s initiave aga ...read more
Trafficked bonded labourers rescued from Delhi’s Shalimar Bagh
A women and minor girl, who were working as bonded labourers in a house in New Delhi’s Shalimar Bagh, were rescued in ...read more
Procedure for changing gender and name on official documents
This guide is created according to the state rules in Maharashtra, however, the procedure and formats provided may be us ...read more
Two years after rescue from bonded labour, children yet to receive justice, rehabilitation: Delhi HC issues notice
Nirmal Gorana v Govt of NCT of Delhi & Ors, WP (Crl) 1011/2018
Delhi HC offers interim relief to dyslexic student who was denied opportunity to apply for bank position
W.P.(C) 5030/2018 & CM No. 19388/2018 ROHAN GUPTA Vs STATE BANK OF INDIA & Ors Rohan Gupta is a dyslexic d ...read more
Lack of action on child bonded labour: Delhi HC issues notice to state, asks for status reports on child labour schemes
Nirmal Gorana v Government of NCT of Delhi & Ors WP (Crl) 1011/2018 This petition made the grievance that despit ...read more
Transgender activist files petition in SC seeking provision of third gender option in PAN cards
Reshma Prasad Vs Union of India, S.L.P. (Civil) Diary No(s).8436/2018
Disposed off
Fatima Nafees files defamation suit against Times of India, Times Now, Dilli Aaj Tak for spreading defamatory fake news against son, Najeeb Ahmed
Fatima Nafees, the mother of missing JNU student Najeeb Ahmed, last week filed a suit in the Delhi high court through So ...read more
Consultation on rights of Transgender Persons after NALSA Judgement
Socio-Legal Information Centre (SLIC) organised a consultation to discuss the legal support needed for accessing transge ...read more
Delhi HC issues notice in case of school discriminating against child with ADHD
The Delhi High Court on February 6, 2018, issued notices to respondent parties in a case of discrimination against and t ...read more
Delhi HC strikes down ESIC’s fraudulent move to create, sell medical institutions
Balaraj Jadhav and Ors. Vs. Union of India and Ors W.P.(C) No. 11837 of 2015
Disposed off
SC to examine fundamental rights violations resulting from India’s outdated MTP Act
On 21 April 2014, the Supreme Court ordered the Union of India and the State of Maharashtra to respond to fundamental ri ...read more
Doctor sacked for allegedly not making enough money for charitable St. Stephens's hospital
Rani Bhatia Versus St. Stephens Hospital Society & Ors.
National Consultation on Prison Legal Aid
National Consultation on Prison Legal Aid 13th -14th April’13 Background Overcrowding, understaffing, lack of ...read more
Beatings, blade cuttings, and similar instances of torture and atrocities meted out to the vulnerable inmates in Delhi prisons
Multiple Action Research Group vs. Govt. of NCT Delhi and Ors., W.P.(C) 4425/2012, WP ( C) 4588/ 2014
Forced Sterilization and Family Planning
Devika Biswas Vs. Union of India, W.P. No. 95/2012
Disposed off
Shri Irsayam & Others Vs Union of India & Others
This case upholds the right of 7 Indonesian sailors to be repatriated to their country of origin where no grounds exist ...read more
