Adv Smita Singalkar is practicing Lawyer at Nagpur High Court since 8 years. Dealing with criminal, domestic violence and family related cases. Represented victims of crime and violence in various cases at Nagpur Central Jail. Handling Public Interest Litigations (PIL) at High Court Nagpur. Conducted a social justice tour to all districts of Maharashtra by covering one district per month. It was attempt to understand people and various legal issues and identify socio-legal issues of that district, bringing awareness of rights and duties and sensitizing stakeholders on socio-legal issues. The tour began with visit to Sangli District from 5th to 10th June 2012. Around 4000 people were reached from 14 villages across 8 Taluka places and 1 District place. Interaction program with Judges of Nagpur District on the right based perspective in victims of Domestic Violence.
She is Executive Member of National Green Tribunal Bar Council, member of District Criminal Injuries & Rehabilitation Board (Govt of Maharashtra), Ex. Member Worked with National Commission for Women (Fact Finding Committee for Rape Case at Murmadi), Socio-Legal Consultant & Trainer & Socio-Legal Writer & Activist Adv Smita is providing free legal aid to the prisoners of the Central Prisons in Nagpur with the District Legal Aid Services Authority. Advocate Smita is also conducting legal awareness classes for marginalized groups. She is conducting Para-legal training program in the central jail of Nagpur and the Juvenile Homes & Remand homes. Her interventions in domestic violence cases created lot of awareness amongst the lawyers and judiciary. She is working proactively on the human rights & women rights issues focusing on the concept of ‘Access to Justice’.
She brought the issues of child labour and child exploitation into discussion of the public agenda through these rallies and her articles in the news papers.
She is working as a socio-legal lawyer to give free legal aid to the Prisoners of Nagpur Central Prison, Nagpur. Organized a legal awareness programmes ‘Know your rights’ for the Prisoners in Nagpur Central Jail, Nagpur…
She is conducting advocacy campaigns for sex workers with ‘Red Cross Society’ & sex workers at infamous Ganga Jamuna, Nagpur. She has delivered a series of lectures for LGBT (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexuals, Transgender) for their rights. Also worked with various groups on disability right.
She was selected as Asia’s young leader and represented India for “Asian Youth Leadership Summit 2009” held at Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Participated and was invited for “National Commission Women” workshop held at New Delhi 2010.
Running a Rape Survival Unit to provide legal aid and assistance to the rape victims.
Majlis Fellow 2009 (Women Rights Organization, Mumbai) she has been awarded with fellowship by Majlis to work on issues of women’s rights and represent them in the Court.
Because of her dedicated work on Women right issues. She has been appointed on two important & high communities of Government of Maharashtra basically made for giving fare justice to women victims the board is District Committee for Sexual Harassment of Woman at Work place, District Criminal Injuries & Rehabilitation Board.
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