Legal
Services to our Members
SEWA's
experience in organising workers over the past twenty-six years
has shown that they have to face the law and the police frequently
at various times in their lives. Hence, since the very beginning,
SEWA has been providing legal education and support in court cases
to its members.
In
addition, we have been running a legal advisory centre at SEWA
which accepts cases and complaints lodged by members. These include:
-
Vendors'
cases with regard to harassment by municipal corporation,
traffic police and resident and consumer associations. It
also includes their space-related complaints and those concerning
consfiscation of their goods by the authorities.
-
Nidiworkers'
cases on Provident Fund mentioned earlier, as well as regarding
dismissal from work and stoppage of all work to SEWA members.
In addition, 119 agarbatti workers who were to lose their
homes due to road-widening by the town planning department,
filed a case in the court against this plan.
-
Workmen's
compensation cases for injured construction workers and those
engaged in small factories for non-payment of wages by contractors.
Legal Services
in 1999
No |
Type of Case |
Cases |
Members Directly Affected by the Cases |
1 |
Supreme Court |
3 |
285521 |
2 |
High court |
18 |
7407 |
3 |
Labour Court |
14 |
38 |
4 |
Civil court |
3 |
329 |
5 |
Provident fund commisionerate |
4 |
10154 |
6 |
Metropolitan court |
3 |
3 |
7 |
workmen’s compensation |
1 |
1 |
8 |
Legal Aid |
1 |
1 |
 |
Total |
47 |
303456 |
