Current Focus

Petition to restrain the use of public funds for political campaigning through government...

Petition seeking timely and transparent appointments to the Central Vigilance...

Petition to completely ban export of iron ore (in the form of pellets or...

Petition challenging constitutional validity of Sedition under Section 124A of the Indian Penal Code,...

IA in In Re: Distribution of Essential Supplies and Services During...

Petition challenging the appointment of Interim Director,...

Common Cause has undertaken a rapid study to evaluate the role of the police --- their attitude, preparedness and overall performance during the 50-day lockdown in India. The study is based on interactions with various stakeholders, including grassroots/ aid workers etc., migrant workers,...

From 2018 onwards Common Cause, in partnership with Centre for the Study of Developing Societies (CSDS), has been publishing a series of reports focussing on policing in the country. 'Status of Policing in India' or SPIR is a one-of-its-kind academic project which uses survey as a...

The substantial damage to the Himalayan ecology caused by the Char Dham Highway Project has been halted by the Supreme Court. In response to a petition by environment non-profit Citizens for Green Doon, the Apex Court ruled on September 8 that the width of the Char Dham Highway, currently...

The threat of coronavirus has pushed us into an unprecedented crisis. The national lockdown, while well-intentioned, has also disrupted lives and snatched livelihoods. Millions of men, women, and children have to go without meals. Even social distancing is a luxury for people cramped in unhygienic...

Miscellaneous Application in Right to Living...

The India Justice Report, a first of its kind study is an initiative of Tata Trusts undertaken in partnership with Centre for Social Justice, Common Cause, Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative, DAKSH, TISS-Prayas and Vidhi Centre for Legal Policy. This is a pathbreaking endeavour...

As per the Supreme Court of India’s judgment dated March 9, 2018, the following Advance Medical Directive has been executed by me to lay down clear and specific instructions during the course of my treatment, as well as to strengthen the mind of the treating doctors that they are acting in a...

SPIR 2019 across print, television and the web                                                                       ...