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<h3>Legal Counsels for defending cases of women complainants</h3>
<table class="grid listing">
<tbody>
<tr>
<th>SR. No.</th>
<th>Name of High Courts</th>
<th>Name of Advocates</th>
<th>Contact Numbers</th>
<th>Remarks</th>
</tr>
<tr>
<td rowspan="2">
<p>1.</p>
</td>
<td rowspan="2">High Court of Patna</td>
<td>Sh. Gautam Kejrewal</td>
<td>9386487706/ 9835257450</td>
<td>Minimal fee</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Ms. Alka Verma</td>
<td>9431078283</td>
<td>Pro bono</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td rowspan="3">2.</td>
<td rowspan="3">High Court of Punjab &amp; Haryana</td>
<td>Sh. Satya Pal Jain</td>
<td>9814102232</td>
<td>Minimal fee</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Jagdeep Bains Cacoa</td>
<td>9814004373</td>
<td>Minimal fee</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Shailendra Jain</td>
<td>9814010369</td>
<td>Pro bono or on payment of minimal fee</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>3.</td>
<td>High Court of Karnataka</td>
<td>Mrs. Poonam Patil</td>
<td>9448692141</td>
<td>Minimal fee</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td rowspan="3">4.</td>
<td rowspan="3">High Court of Allahabad and Its Bench</td>
<td>Shri Ram Kaushik</td>
<td>9918002606</td>
<td>Minimal fee</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Ms. Priyanka Midha</td>
<td>9918002619</td>
<td>Pro bono or on payment of minimal fee</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Shri Aarush</td>
<td>9452939383</td>
<td>Minimal fee</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td rowspan="7">5.</td>
<td rowspan="7">High Court of Calcutta</td>
<td>Sh. Somenath Bose</td>
<td>9830005652</td>
<td>Minimal fee</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Sh. Sovendu Sekhar Roy</td>
<td>9051354006</td>
<td>Minimal fee</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Sh. Hiron Lal Majumdar</td>
<td>9831046940</td>
<td>Minimal fee</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Sh. Uttam Majumdar</td>
<td>9830024617</td>
<td>Minimal fee<br><br></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Sh. Bhudeb Chatterjee</td>
<td>9331863400</td>
<td>Minimal fee</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Sh. Jayanta Kumar Sanyal</td>
<td>7003208220</td>
<td>Pro bono or on payment of minimal fee</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Sh. Pratap Khati (Darjeeling)</td>
<td>7001366969 7407182839</td>
<td>Minimal fee</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td rowspan="2">6.</td>
<td rowspan="2">High Court of Rajasthan and its Bench</td>
<td>Sh. Vijay Kumar Gupta</td>
<td>9829585500</td>
<td>Minimal fee</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Sh. Sanjeet Purohit</td>
<td>9166533433</td>
<td>Minimal fee</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td rowspan="7">7.</td>
<td rowspan="7">High Court of Delhi</td>
<td>Ms. Aakriti Jain Chhabra</td>
<td>9871359259</td>
<td>Minimal fee</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Sh. Vivek Goyal</td>
<td>9810373320</td>
<td>Minimal fee</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Ms. Monika Arora</td>
<td>9810246300</td>
<td>Minimal fee</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Ms. Aparna Bhatt</td>
<td>9811113979</td>
<td>Minimal fee</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Adv. Prateek Som</td>
<td>09999313637</td>
<td>Minimal fee</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Adv. Pritpal Nijjar</td>
<td>9971155522</td>
<td>Minimal fee</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Adv. Amardeep Singh</td>
<td>9811111144</td>
<td>Minimal fee</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td rowspan="3">8.</td>
<td rowspan="3">High Court of Bombay</td>
<td>Ms. Varsha Deshpandey</td>
<td>9822072056</td>
<td>Minimal fee</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Ms. Vandana Shah</td>
<td>9321822468</td>
<td>Pro bono or on payment of minimal fee</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Mr. Hitesh jain</td>
<td>9821215456</td>
<td>Minimal fee</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td rowspan="2">9.</td>
<td rowspan="2">High Court of Madras</td>
<td>Sh. G. Karthikeyan</td>
<td>9445758059</td>
<td>Minimal fee</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Sh. D Sarvanan</td>
<td>9443226161</td>
<td>Minimal fee</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>10.</td>
<td>High Court of Chhattisgarh</td>
<td>Sh. B. Gopa Kumar</td>
<td>9827160950</td>
<td>Minimal fee</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>11.</td>
<td>High Court of Guwahati</td>
<td>Ms. Pinky Barua</td>
<td>9854187582</td>
<td>Pro bono or on payment of minimal fee</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td rowspan="2">12.</td>
<td rowspan="2">High Court of Tripura</td>
<td>Sh. Mithu Das</td>
<td>8131837353</td>
<td>Minimal fee</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Ms. Priyanka Dhar</td>
<td>8794921339/ 874921339</td>
<td>Minimal fee</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>13.</td>
<td>High Court of Arunachal Pradesh</td>
<td>Ms. Sarah Wanglat</td>
<td>9402410410</td>
<td>Minimal fee</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>14.</td>
<td>High Court of Madhya Pradesh</td>
<td>Sh. Jinendra Kumar Jain</td>
<td>9425387539</td>
<td>Minimal fee</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td rowspan="3">15.</td>
<td rowspan="3">High Court of Judicature at Hyderabad for Andhra Pradesh</td>
<td>Ms. Vasantha Lakshmi</td>
<td>9392480935</td>
<td>Pro-bono or payment of minimal fee</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Ms. Swarna Seshu K</td>
<td>9966025444</td>
<td>Minimal fee</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Ms. Vijaya Kumari Pathoamsetty</td>
<td>9866416580</td>
<td>Minimal fee</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td rowspan="3">16.</td>
<td rowspan="3">High Court of Judicature at Hyderabad for Telangana</td>
<td>Ms. Nanda Surepalli</td>
<td>9848072435</td>
<td>Minimal fee</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Ms. Vijaya Lakshmi Juttukonda</td>
<td>9866606109</td>
<td>Minimal fee</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Ms. Vasudha Nagraj</td>
<td>9885179287</td>
<td>Minimal fee</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td rowspan="2">17.</td>
<td rowspan="2">High Court of Gujarat</td>
<td>Ms. Divyangna Jhala</td>
<td>9979888879</td>
<td>Minimal fee</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Ms. Trusha Patel</td>
<td>9825006302</td>
<td>Minimal fee</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>18.</td>
<td>High court of Uttrakhand</td>
<td>Sh. Mayank Pandey</td>
<td>9837555557</td>
<td>Minimal fee</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td rowspan="2">19.</td>
<td rowspan="2">High Court of Kerala</td>
<td>Shri Krishnadas P. Nair</td>
<td>9447408066</td>
<td>Minimal fee</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Ms. Maya Krishnan AK</td>
<td>9349484776</td>
<td>Minimal fee</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<p>Note : Minimal fee shall not exceed the fee structure provided by Ministry of Law &amp; Justice, Deptt. of Legal Affairs, dated 01.10.2015.</p>
<p><strong>Source : <a class="ext-link-icon external-link" title="External website that opens in new window" href="https://www.ncw.gov.in/notice/panel-of-legal-counsels-for-defending-cases-of-women-complaints-2/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">National Commission for Women</a></strong></p>
<h3>Complaint &amp; Investigation Cell of NCW</h3>
<p><img style="max-width: 100%; height: 526px; float: right;" src="https://static.vikaspedia.in/mediastorage/filestorage/20260617122109_NCWwomenhelpline.webp" alt="Uploaded Image" width="421">National Commission for Women (NCW) processes the complaints received orally in writing or online - <a class="ext-link-icon external-link" title="External website that opens in new window" href="https://ncwapps.nic.in/onlinecomplaintsv2/frmInstructions.aspx" target="_blank" rel="noopener">National Commission for Women</a>. The Complaints and Counseling Cell of the commission processes all the complaints whether received orally, written or suo-motu under <a title="External website that opens in new window" href="https://ncwapps.nic.in/frmABTMandate.aspx" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Section 10 of the NCW Act.</a> The complaints received relate to domestic violence, harassment, dowry, torture, desertion, bigamy, rape, refusal to register FIR, cruelty by husband, deprivation, gender discrimination and sexual harassment at work place.</p>
<p><strong>Scrutiny of Complaints</strong></p>
<p align="justify">The complaints are dealt with as below:-</p>
<ul type="disc">
<li class="NCWClip">Investigations by the police are expedited and monitored.</li>
<li class="NCWClip">The matters are brought to the notice of various state authorities to facilitate action.</li>
<li class="NCWClip">Family disputes are resolved or compromised through counseling.</li>
<li class="NCWClip">As per the Sexual Harassment at Work Place (Prevention Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2013 the rules made by Central Government in December, 2013 on the subject and the Criminal Law (Amendment) Act, 2013 every employer is required to provide for effective complaints procedures and remedies including award of compensation to women victims. In sexual harassment complaints, the concerned organisation is urged to expedite cases and the disposal is monitored.</li>
<li class="NCWClip">For serious crimes, the Commission constitutes an Inquiry Committee which makes spot enquiries, examines witnesses, collects evidence and submits the report with recommendations. The implementation of the report is monitored by the NCW. The Commission has powers to summon the accused, witnesses and records to facilitate inquiry.</li>
</ul>
<p>The State Commissions, the NGOs and other experts are involved in these efforts.</p>
<p><strong>Heads Under Which Complaints Are Registered</strong></p>
<ol class="rteindent1">
<li class="rtejustify">Violence Against Women<br>
<ol class="rteindent1">
<li>Acid Attack</li>
<li>Attempt to rape</li>
<li>Rape</li>
<li>Sexual Assault</li>
</ol>
</li>
<li class="rtejustify">Sex Selective Abortions; Female Foeticide / Amniocentesis</li>
<li class="rtejustify">Sexual harassment including Sexual Harassment at workplace</li>
<li class="rtejustify">Traditional practices derogatory to women rights like Sati Pratha, Devdasi Pratha and Witch Hunting</li>
<li class="rtejustify">Indecent representation of women</li>
<li class="rtejustify">Dowry Harassment / Dowry Death</li>
<li class="rtejustify">Trafficking / prostitution of women</li>
<li class="rtejustify">Outraging modesty of women</li>
<li class="rtejustify">Stalking / Voyeurism</li>
<li class="rtejustify">Cyber crimes against women</li>
<li class="rtejustify">Bigamy / Polygamy</li>
<li class="rtejustify">Right to exercise choice in marriage</li>
<li class="rtejustify">Right to live with dignity (Domestic violence/cruelty and harassment)</li>
<li class="rtejustify">Gender discrimination</li>
<li class="rtejustify">Women&rsquo;s right of custody of children in the case of divorce</li>
<li class="rtejustify">Free legal aid for women</li>
<li class="rtejustify">Privacy of women and rights thereof</li>
<li class="rtejustify">Police Apathy against women</li>
<li class="rtejustify">Reproductive health rights of women</li>
</ol>
<p><strong>Cases falling under following categories are ordinarily not entertained by the Commission.</strong></p>
<ul type="disc">
<li class="NCWClip">Complaints is&nbsp;illegible or vague, anonymous or pseudonymous;</li>
<li class="NCWClip">The complaint is that of frivolous or like nature;</li>
<li class="NCWClip">The Complaint relates to civil dispute between the parties such as contractual rights obligations and the like;</li>
<li class="NCWClip">The Complaint relates to service matters not involving any deprivation of women's rights;</li>
<li class="NCWClip">The Complaint relates to labour/industrial disputes not involving any deprivation of women's rights;</li>
<li class="NCWClip">Matter is sub judice before a Court/Tribunal;</li>
<li class="NCWClip">The Commission shall not inquire into any matter which is pending before a State Commission or any other Commission duly constituted under any law for the time being in force;</li>
<li class="NCWClip">The Commission shall not inquire into any matter after the expiry of one year from the date on which the Act constituting violation or deprivation of Women's Rights is alleged to have been committed;</li>
<li class="NCWClip">Matter already decided by the Commission.&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;</li>
</ul>
<p><strong>Online Complaint System&nbsp;</strong></p>
<ol>
<li>Email - 1. Email to Hon&rsquo;ble Chairperson, NCW -&nbsp;<a href="mailto:chairperson-ncw@nic.in">chairperson-ncw@nic.in</a>; Email Complaint (Complaint Cell) -&nbsp;<a href="mailto:complaintcell-ncw@nic.in">complaintcell-ncw@nic.in</a></li>
<li><a title="External website that opens in new window" href="https://cybercrime.gov.in/Default.aspx" target="_blank" rel="noopener">National Cyber Crime Reporting Portal</a></li>
<li><a title="External website that opens in new window" href="https://digitalpolice.gov.in/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Online filing of police complaints</a></li>
</ol>
</div>
<div>
<p><strong>NCW 24&times;7 Women Helpline</strong> - <strong>14490</strong></p>
<p><strong>National Women Helpline Number&ndash; 181</strong></p>
<p><strong>Emergency &ndash; 112</strong></p>
<p><strong>Cyber Fraud &ndash; 1930</strong></p>
<p><strong>Source : <a class="ext-link-icon external-link" title="External website that opens in new window" href="https://www.ncw.gov.in/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">National Commission for Women</a></strong></p>
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