Order :

Pankaj Mithal, C.J.-

A committee constituted under the Chairmanship of Justice J. S. Verma (former Chief Justice of India) in the wake of Nirbaya’s Case made certain recommendations especially for formulating the Schemes to provide women with,

(i) access to justice;

(ii) access to Government services; and

(iii) access to welfare schemes of the Central Government and State Government both.

All these schemes were to be funded fully by the Ministry of Women and Child Development (MWCD) from out of ‘Nirbaya Fund’.

2. Accordingly, integrated Schemes, a Women Helpline (WHL) and One Stop Centre (OSC) came into existence. The Apex Court in Civil Writ Petition No. 565 of 2013 ‘Nipun Saxena v. Union of India’ recognized and underlined the importance of OSC and had expressed desire to set up OSC in every district of all States/Union Territories.

3. The petitioner is a Trust alleged to have been registered in Delhi in the year 2009. The said Trust through its founder trustee Professor Rajendar Kumar Kachroo has preferred this writ petition in public interest seeking direction of this c