Shambhavi Singh is a practising advocate at the Supreme Court of India and a former judicial clerk in the Supreme Court of India. Her work focuses on public law, human rights, and criminal law.
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From “Invisible Help” to Constitutional Workers: The Supreme Court’s Call for Domestic Workers’ Rights in India
The care economy in India depends fundamentally on domestic workers, yet their labour remains largely invisible in law and policy. Estimates suggest India has over 50 million domestic workers, the vast majority women, many from Dalit, ...
Saving Time, Saving Lives: The Golden Hour as a Constitutional Guarantee in India
In trauma medicine, the “golden hour” is the first sixty minutes after a serious injury—the period when rapid intervention can make the difference between life and death. Countries have built emergency systems around this principle: ...
Invisible Deaths: The Case for a National Disability Mortality Registry in India
In July 2024, Delhi witnessed the death of 14 residents at Asha Kiran Shelter, a state-run residential institution for persons with intellectual and developmental disabilities. These deaths, linked to anaemia, malnutrition, and ...
Manual Scavenging in India: A Constitutional and Human Rights Crisis
Manual scavenging in India is not merely a vestige of colonial or pre-modern sanitation, it remains a continuing human rights atrocity, entrenched in caste hierarchies and social complicity. Globally recognized as a form of modern ...
