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216 cases, one hearing: NHRC summons top UP officials over brick kiln bonded labour ordeal
April 14, 2026 9:09 pm
The NHRC has directed the presence of state’s chief secretary or his nominee, the state’s labour commissioner and all district magistrates (DMs) concerned during the hearing of cases.
Compulsory service by MBBS students under a bond doesn’t amount to forced labour, rules Karnataka HC
April 08, 2026 3:13 pm
The Karnataka High Court holds that the doctors can’t challenge the bonds after having availed of subsidised education at the ESIC medical college.
Even 50 years after abolition, bonded labour casts its shadow on India’s democratic promises
February 10, 2026 12:50 pm
Bonded labour (or debt bondage) is defined as a condition where money is lent in such a way that the debtor is forced to pay back through labour instead of money
Beyond 1976 ban: Expert on why 50 years later, India’s 'broken' justice system still fails millions in bonded labour
February 10, 2026 10:52 am
Bonded Labour Abolition Act 1976: 50 years of abolition law: Dr Tina Kuriakose Jacob is a development sector practitioner working with both government and civil society organisations, specialising in migration, bonded labour and human trafficking.
We need data-driven policymaking to counter human trafficking and bonded labour
October 22, 2025 6:31 pm
Without a victim-centric justice system response, including protection from intimidation by perpetrators and their associates, laudable policy initiatives will remain a paper tiger
‘Paid Rs 50 per head, worked for over 14 hours’: After 18 months in captivity, tribal family rescued from bonded labour in Pune
July 04, 2025 10:14 am
The rescue work began on June 27 in collaboration with Pune’s District Legal Services Authority (DLSA) and Nirman Bahuuddeshiya Vikas Sanstha.
Unsung Heroes: From chains to change – how Rupa and Poornima are breaking the cycle of bonded labour
March 09, 2025 12:01 pm
Marappa is the current president of Udayonmukha and his wife Poornima heads its handicrafts unit.
Torn between poverty and bonded labour, these children find no solace in laws either
August 02, 2021 6:02 pm
Officials have refused to consider them bonded labourers due to lack of “documentary evidence” or proof of debt bondage or simply due to a plain denial of the existence of the menace
February 25, 1981, Forty Years Ago: Bonded Labour
February 24, 2021 10:58 pm
It is happening within 30 km of Delhi — brick kiln labourers are being bought and sold all over Haryana.
Japan's legacy of forced labour haunts ties with neighbours
August 10, 2020 10:32 am
The legacy overshadows Tokyo's relations with its neighbours even today and, some say, helps to perpetuate mistreatment of minorities among its own people.
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