Bihar State Meeting of Activists and Lawyers

On harassment of the working people during the period of COVID

Struggles for Justice and Use of Law
23rd – 25th January 2021
State Institute of Health and Family Welfare, Sheikhupura, Patna, Bihar
(Tentative Agenda)

Day 1: 23.01.2021
TIME SESSION DISCUSSANTS

LABOUR RIGHTS
08:30 AM – 11:00 AM Migrant labour/bonded labour/un-organized labour during
the period of COVID

• Sufferings and struggles of labour during the period of • Nirmal Gorana, Bandhua Mukti
Covid Morcha, Delhi

• Judgment of the Supreme Court in the Gujarat • Adv. Gunjan Singh, HRLN
Mazdoor Sabha case
• Chandan Kumar, Working
• New Labour laws People’s Charter, Delhi

• Interstate migrant workers: registration and • Adv. Rajeeva Roy, Patna High
implementation of the Act Court

• Role of the workers facilitation centre • Satrughan Das, Muzaffarpur

• Laws and the judgments of the Supreme Court and the • Ashish RanjanJha, Jan Jagriti
High Courts Shakti Sangathan , Patna

• Bonded Labour rescue, release and rehabilitation • Ajay Kumar, AITUC, Patna

• Domestic Workers: implementation of the • Reshma Prasad, Dostana Safar,

Unorganised Workers Act and the orders of the Patna
Supreme Court
• Soni
• Sex Work is Work

11:00 AM- 11:30 AM Discussion on PILs to be filed in Patna High court on Migrant labour/bonded labour/un-organized
labour
ATROCITIES AGAINST DALITS

11:30 AM – 02:00 PM Violence and Discrimination against Dalit during COVID

• Caste based crimes during Covid period • Satyendra Kumar, National

Youth Equity Forum,Patna
• Offences against Dalit Women
• Adv. Devrani, Jehanabad
• Post Matric Scholarship Scheme and Education
• Fr. Jose Kariya / Fr. Anto
Joseph, BDVS, Patna

• Sr. Sudha Varghese, Nari

Gunjan, Patna

• Rajeshwar Paswan, NCDHR,

Patna

• Pratima, Gaurav Gramin

Mahila Vikas Manch, Panta

2:00 PM- 2:30 PM Discussion on filing of PILs on Violence and Discrimination against Dalit’s

02:30 PM- 3:00 PM Lunch

RIGHT TO FOOD
03:00 PM - 04:30 PM Starvation and the Right to Food during COVID
• Rupesh, Koshish, Patna
• Hunger deaths
• Mukhtarul Haque, Bachpan
• Aanganwadis and Mid-day meals: Women and Bachao Andolan, Bihar
Children
• Pankaj Barnwal, Video
• Struggles and Agitations on Right to Food Volunteers, Patna

• Public Distribution System • PushyaMitra, Journalist, Patna

• Plan of action for PILs on the Right to Food in the Patna • Rakesh Manu, Activist
High Court
• Manas Ranjan, HRLN

• Adv. Olivia, HRLN

4:30 PM- 5:00 PM Discussion on filing PILs on Right to Food

PUBLIC HEALTH RIGHTS
05:00 PM- 06:30 PM Denial of Health Rights during the period of COVID

• Institutionalized Health Care Services • Dr. Shakil Ur Rehman, CHARM,

Patna
• Malnutrition
• Dr. Hubbe Ali, UNICEF,Bihar
• Sexual and Reproductive Health Rights of Women and
Adolescents • Dr. Swapan Mazumdar, BVHA,
Patna
• Frontline Health workers
• Fr. Jose Thomas, SRHR Alliance,
• Neo Natal/ANC Services Patna

• Sr. Smita, Medical Mission

Sister, Vaishali

• Adv. Sneha Mukherjee, HRLN

6:30 PM- 7:00PM Discussion on filing of PILs on violations of Health Rights during the time of COVID

08:00 PM Dinner and discussion with the participants

DAY-2: 24th January, 2021

TIME SESSION DISCUSSANTS

WOMEN’S RIGHTS, JUSTICE AND VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN

08:30 AM – 11:00 Violence and discrimination against women during the period
AM of Covid

• Domestic Violence • Gayatri Sharma, Women Power

Connect, Delhi
• One Stop Crisis Centre, Rape Crisis Cell, Mobile Helpline,
Mahila Thana • Anju Sinha, GENVP

• Urmila, SakhiRee, Siwan

• Domestic Workers – Violence and Illegal Placement
Agencies
• Sr. Leema, Domestic Workers
Union, Patna
• Child Marriage

• Ms. Ranjana Das, OXFAM, Bihar

• Economic Justice for Women during COVID
 • Sugandha Munsi, World
Economic Forum, Bihar

• Adv. Sneha Mukherjee, HRLN

11:00 AM- 11:30 AM Discussion on filing of PILs on Violence against Women

PRISONERS‘ RIGHTS

11:30 AM – 01:00 Prisoners during the period of Covid

PM
• Supreme Court order for decongestion of prisons • Adv. Harini Raghupati, HRLN
Delhi
• NALSA SOPs on release of prisoners and its
implementation • Madhurima/Sugandha

• Access to justice for undertrial prisoners (legal aid, • Praveen Kumar, Patna
mulaqat-family, lawyer) during COVID
• Adv. Santosh, Patna
• Health & Hygiene in prisons
• Santosh Upadhyaya, Bandi
• PIL, Petitions to be filed Adhikar Andolan, Sasharam

• Deenbandhu Vats

• Rupesh Kumar Singh, Journalist,

Gaya

1:00 PM- 1:30 PM Discussion on filing of PILs on Prison Rights

01:30 PM– 02:30 PM Lunch

HOUSING RIGHTS AND EVICTIONS

02:30 PM- 06:00 PM Evictions of slum dwellers and hawkers during the period of
COVID
• Adv. Ali Zia KabirChoudhary,
• Resistance and struggles HRLN

• Leading Supreme Court Judgments • Ankit Jha, YUVA, Delhi

• Night Shelters • Jayant Das, NHF, Delhi

• Doing PILs • Asgar Sharif, Aman Biradari,

 Patna

• Sr. Dorothy, Aashray Abhiyan,

Patna

• Rukmani Devi, Patna

6:00 PM- 6:30 PM Discussion on filing of PILs on Evictions of slum dwellers and hawkers

08:00 PM Dinner and discussion with the Participants

DAY – 3: 25TH JANUARY, 2021

TIME SESSION DISCUSSANTS

VIOLENCE AGAINST RELIGIOUS MINORITIES

08:30 AM – 11:00 AM Violence and discrimination against religious minorities

during Covid 19
• Adv. Fazal, HRLN, Delhi
• Use of Force and Violence
• Sarfaraz, PUCL, Bihar
• Hate Speech
• Safdar Ali, Patna
• Mob- Lynching
• Asif Waseem, Munger
• False cases
• Asgar Sharif, Aman Biradari,
• How to fight back for democratic rights using PILs Patna

• Shahid Kamal, PUCL,

Muzzafarpur

11:00 AM- 11:30 AM Discussion on filing of PILs on violence and discrimination against minorities

RIGHTS OF TRANSGENDER PERSONS

11:00 AM – 01:00 PM Violence and discrimination against transgender people

during Covid

• Introduction to theTransgender Persons • Adv. Siddharth, HRLN, Delhi

(Protection of Rights) Act, 2019 & Rules, 2020
 • Discrimination, Violence and Bullying • Himani Sephia, Delhi&
Tanmay, JJSS, Araria
• Access to Housing, Food and Health Care
• Rachana Mudraboyina, HRLN
• Gender, Sexuality and Mental Health
• Anchal Narang, Another Light
• Discrimination and Treatment in the workplace Counselling, Patna

• Discussion on Transgender Persons (Protection of • Abhinav Kumar, Vaishali

Rights) Act, 2019 & Rules, 2020 and other
litigations • Philip, HRLN

• Impact of PIL filed in Patna High Court • Reshma Prasad, Dostana

Safar, Patna

1:00 PM- 1:30 PM Discussion on filing of PILs on violence and discrimination against transgender people

01:30 PM – 02:30 PM Lunch

ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE AND CLIMATE CHANGE

02:30 PM- 04:30 PM State violating environmental laws during Covid

• Forest and Tribal Rights • C. Ashok Priyadarshi, JMSV,

Patna
• Solid Waste Management
• Shashi Darshan, Tarumitra,
• Air Pollution and implementation of NCAP Patna

• Wetlands: Importance and Legal Provisions • Adv. Akash Keshav, Patna High
Court
• Critique of Draft EIA 2020
• Stalin Dayanand, Activist,
• Environmental Justice and Litigation Maharashtra

• Adv. Anupradha, HRLN

• Adv. Sonal, HRLN

4:30 PM- 5:00 PM Discussion on filing of PILS

4:30 PM- 5:30 PM Way Forward & Vote of Thanks • Fazal, HRLN, Delhi
• Deepak, HRLN, Patna