Legal Achivements

Guria has developed an innovation in using Public Interest Litigation (PIL) to support legal work in combating human trafficking. A total of 13 Public Interest Litigations has been filed till now as described below:-

• Filed a new public interest litigation in the hon’ble Suprme Court on rescue of 1.2 million minor girls from the brothels all over the country.
• Impleaded in a PIL filed against traditional prostitution like devdasi pratha in the hon’ble Supreme Court.
• Impleaded in a public interest litigation on circus children in the hon’ble Supreme Court.
• Filed public interest litigation in the hon’ble high court against illegal detention of minor rescued girls in police stations.
• Filed public interest litigation in the hon’ble high court against misuse of hon’ble high court protection orders by traffickers in cases of abduction of minor girls.
• Filed public interest litigation in the hon’ble high court for the compliance of Rule 7(4) of The Prevention of Children from Sexual Offences Rules, 2012 for victim compensation.
• Filed public interest litigation in the hon’ble high court for the compliance of section 370 of the Indian Penal Code.
• Filed public interest litigation in the hon’ble high court against the misconduct of police, labour department and administration in the cases of rescue of bonded labours.
• Filed public interest litigation in the hon’ble high court for the compliance of section 154(1) of the Code of Criminal Procedure and section 166A of the Indian Penal Code.
• Filed a public interest litigation in the hon’ble high court for justice and compensation to a 3 year old rape victim of Varanasi.
• Filed a public interest litigation in the hon’ble high court for compliance of Rule 12 of JJ Rules in determination of age of victims of human trafficking and sexual exploitation.
• Filed a public interest litigation in the hon’ble high court for immediate rescue and rehabilitation of minors/trafficked girls forced into prostitution in the meerganj red light area of Allahabad district.
• Filed a PIL in the hon’ble high court for proper implementation of the ICPS in UP.
• Landmark Judgment by the hon’ble High Court in Public Interest Litigation filed by Guria on creation of victim compensation fund and its expeditious disbursement.
• Achieved a landmark judgement in the hon’ble superme court against bail for human traffickers; previoulsy they could walk free, often for years, and carry on tampering evidences, intimidating witnesses and targeting new victims, as their legal cases continued.