Human Rights and the Law

The visit to the office of Advocate Falguni Ghantiwala by my students and me was an enriching experience in itself. Mrs.Ghantiwala took time out from her busy schedule and welcomed us at her office. The students couldn’t contain their excitement and started asking various questions related to Fundamental Rights and Human rights. Mrs. Ghantiwala gave a patient hearing and answered all their queries specially related to juvenile crime, abuse and domestic violence. She also gave an insight about how a case moves from a lower court to courts at higher levels. She explained to the students that there are separate labour courts, consumer courts and juvenile courts. Every slum or shanty has a social service organization with social servants, which looks after the welfare of the people living there. Social servants are not denied entry to jails, remand homes, if they wish to inspect the same for some human rights abuse.
Wow! That was a revelation!
Behind the soft persona of Mrs.Ghantiwala is a woman of steel and her knowledge of the law makes her a force to reckon with.
Did you know there are 6 Fundamental Rights drawn up by our constitution?
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Did you know there are 30 Rights in the Universal declaration of Human Rights?
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