Legal Aid Cell

Referrals

Emergency Services (Police) Read more

  1. Women's Help Line
    Toll Free Number: 1091
  2. Crimes Against Women Cell (CAW Cell)
    South District: 26482871/ 26852588, Ext. 4431
    West District: 25915314 / 25926101, Ext. 4205
    North District: 23962201, Ext. 6411
    Centre: 25737951, Ext. 7436
    East: 22091950

Mandate and Objectives

Legal assistance in this regard is primarily given to women facing domestic violence, sexual harassment at the workplace, victims of sexual assault, child sexual abuse, and discrimination faced in matRead more

Achievements

Case work of the LAC :

The LAC was initially set up with the objective of providing quality legal aid to women facing violence and unable to afford the services of practicing lawyers. Over the years, the LAC has provided legal aid/ advice and representation to any where between 90 to a 150 women in a year in the Delhi and Mumbai offices. While legal advice is made available to any woman approaching the LAC, only those cases meeting with the intake criteria are taken on.Read more

Public Interest Litigation

Public Interest Litigation / Social Action Intervention

Since 1978 there has been a substantial amount of public interest litigation undertaken on behalf of women, children and bonded labour. Public interest litigation has been an essential component of the LCWRI project from its very inception, focussed as it is on legal change.Read more