Pravasi Legal Cell

Pravasi Legal Cell organized K. Padmanabhan Memorial RTI Lecture and National Award function on 27 th January 2019 at the Constitution Club of India, New Delhi. This year the award has been felicitated to Advocate D. B. Binu, a renowned RTI activist and President, RTI Kerala Federation. During the event, a book titled “Right to Information Act: Key to Open Democracy” was released which is authored by Mr. Jose Abraham, Advocate on Record, Supreme Court of India and Founder & President of Pravasi Legal Cell. The Chief Guest of the event was Justice (Rtd) K. G. Balakrishnan, former Chief Justice of India who did the honour of releasing the book. Shri. Wajahat Habibullah, the first and former Chief Information Commissioner of India did the honour of delivering the RTI Lecture of the event. RTI Award 2018 was given to Advocate D. B. Binu by Justice (Rtd) C. S. Rajan, Patron of Pravasi Legal Cell. K. Padmanabhan Memorial National RTI Award was instituted in 2016 with t...

Pravasi Legal Cell's K. Padmanabhan Memorial RTI Lecture and National Award function will be held on 27th January 2019 at the Constitution Club of India, Rafi Marg, New Delhi from 4.00 pm. Justice K G Balakrishnan, former Chief Justice of India, has kindly agreed to be the Chief Guest and to release Right To Information: Key to Open Democracy, a book authored by Advocate Jose Abraham. The first K. Padmanabhan Memorial Lecture will be delivered by Shri. Wajahat Habibulluah, first Chief Information Commissioner of India.  He will give away the K. Padmanabhan Memorial National Award for RTI activits to Adv. D. B. Binu, President, RTI Kerala Federation.

The Delhi High Court has issued notice to Delhi Transport Corporation (DTC) and Delhi Government over ticketing practices in the DTC and Cluster buses where the conductors are in the habit of issuing tickets while sitting at their designated seats. The honourable court has sought the stand of the DTC and the Transport department while considering a Public Interest Litigation filed through Pravasi Legal Cell, a Delhi based NGO, seeking direction to ensure the safety and comfort of the passengers. The practice in the DTC and cluster buses ferrying passengers in Delhi is such that the conductors issue tickets sitting at the conductor’s seat instead of moving from the front to the rear side of the bus and issuing tickets to passengers boarding bus from every bus stop. Such a practice is unethical and also causes large scale inconvenience to the passengers. Neither DTC nor the Transport department has bothered to address the problems faced by children, pregnant women or women w...

Pravasi Legal Cell proudly announces another mission accomplished. We were fortunate to help an Austrian citizen get released from the Indian prisons this week. We thank the Austrian embassy officials for entrusting us with the matter and appreciate the exemplary support they provide to their citizens in India.

Pravasi Legal Cell welcomes Air India’s decision to discontinue the practice of weighing dead bodies to fix transportation charges of mortal remains. Though it is a partial success, the Cell’s fight for justice on this front will continue. In Media Khaleej Times