It's been 26 years since The Protection of Human Rights Act (1993) was enacted, yet not a single court has been dedicated to handle human right violation cases across India. This compelled Bhavika Phore, 24, a law graduate from Delhi to file a PIL before the apex court on June 11, 2019. The impact of the PIL was that on July 8, when the matter was heard by a bench headed by Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi, the bench issued notices to the Central government, state governments and Union Territories on the delay in setting up special human rights courts in each districts and appointment of special public prosecutors.

On April 22, 2018, this news paper had highlighted this issue in a story titled "25 years after human rights act was formed, state has no courts to hear cases" on the basis of an RTI filed by city lawyer Rajeshwar Panchal. In its response, the state claimed that all session courts in the state are also human right courts. Phore, who studied law from Lloyd Law College, Greater Noida, is interning with M/s Law Office of the Georges & Associates in Delhi. In the last few days, she says, her inbox is flooded with congratulatory messages, but she is awaiting August 8, when the court will take the matter forward.