COVER STORY
VRINDA GROVER
Advocate, Supreme Court of India
V
rinda Grover is a lawyer, researcher, and human rights and women’s rights activist based in New Delhi, India.
As a lawyer, she has appeared in prominent human rights cases and represented women and child survivors of
domestic and sexual violence; victims and survivors of communal massacre, extrajudicial killings, and custodial
torture; sexual minorities; trade unions; and political activists. She is profound and immensely passionate about her
work.
A believer in the principle that justice should reach everyone and not just privileged Indians at the top rungs, Vrinda
has appeared for victims in prominent cases such as the Soni Sori rape-torture case, the 1984 anti-Sikh riots, the
1987 Hashimpura police killings, the 2004 Ishrat Jahan case, and the 2008 anti-Christian riots in Kandhamal. She
has contributed significantly to drafting of the 2013 Criminal Law Amendment to the law against sexual assault; the
Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012; and the Prevention of Torture Bill, 2010, a law for protection
from Communal and Targeted Violence; among others.
Presently, Research Fellow at the Nehru Memorial Museum & Library, Delhi, Vrinda serves in several international
human rights’ organizations.
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