A decades old slum dwelling in Delhi was to be demolished by the authorities. The primary occupants of these shanties were street performers and gypsies from the State of Rajasthan who had settled here with their families. A petition was filed in the Delhi High Court taking issue with the resettlement efforts being undertaken by …
In 2019, in recognition of disability audits initiated and supervised by us in the State of Delhi, I was appointed by the Chief Justice of Jammu & Kashmir to replicate these accessibility audits and sensitization programmes for public officials, across the State of Jammu & Kashmir. This was particularly challenging given the risks of terrorism …
In our accessibility litigation on behalf of the disabled populace in the capital of the country, the Hon’ble High Court issued directions to Delhi State Authorities and the Union of India, to carry out accessibility audits across all public building and places which included Asia’s largest prison, i.e., Tihar Central Jail amongst other government administered …
Delhi High Court – Amicus – accessibility audit orders Read More »
While on a trekking trip in the summer of 2019 to a remote village called Jibhi in the State of Himachal Pradesh, we discovered that construction debris was being indiscriminately dumped inside a pristine Himalayan river. Upon my return from the trip, I moved a petition before the National Green Tribunal at New Delhi, which …
Dumping of construction debris in the Pushpa-bhadra river in the lower Himalayan ranges Read More »
Perhaps one of our most important on-going pro bono constitutional cases. We represent Paralympic Gold-medallist Manasi Joshi (she was on the cover of Time Magazine) pro bono in the Supreme Court, challenging the constitutionality of a taxing provision which imposes 5% tax levy on disability aids – such as prosthetic limbs, wheelchairs, braille paper etc. …
We are representing, pro bono, the Delhi Parents Association and the Government School Teacher’s Association, in a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) before the Delhi High Court. This is a writ petition challenging the Delhi Education Department’s decision to livestream video footage of children and teachers to outsiders, without obtaining consent. The Education Department, without any …
Case against live-streaming of classroom footage (Privacy and Constitutional Law) Read More »
In December 2019, we provided pro bono representation to a young boy who became blind at birth because of medical negligence. Rishabh, was born prematurely and suffered from retinopathy of prematurity (ROP) which was ignored by his treating doctors. Rishabh’s mother is a widow (her husband was an electricity linesman who died when Rishabh was …
In early 2020, just at the cusp of the Covid-19 pandemic, we represented a young law student, Ms. Harshita Singhal, who had discovered a mafia-ring which was collecting hundreds of tonnes of biomedical waste from Delhi hospitals, then clandestinely dumping in inside a reserved forest inside New Delhi, only to set it ablaze in the …
In 2017, I was approached by a young disability activist, Nipun Malhotra, who wanted to know if we could challenge the Delhi State Government’s proposed decision to acquire thousands of inaccessible public-transport buses. Nipun himself suffers from arthrogryposis, which severely limits his ability to move without a wheelchair and a modified van. Our goal was …
The Delhi Buses Case (Accessibility/Disability Law) Read More »
In a significant win for patient rights and in particular the reproductive health of women, our Chamber appeared and won in an Appeal against the Medical Council of India (Now, National Medical Commission), the Delhi Medical Council and a doctor accused of medical negligence. The Division Bench of the Hon’ble Delhi High Court, while setting aside …
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