Research & Litigation

Real change for mental health in India needs more than awareness. It needs policy, precedent, and pressure. This is our current litigation and research initiative.

Current High Court litigation

We are preparing High Court litigation aimed at making mental health support an enforceable entitlement rather than a discretionary service — particularly in schools, where the gap between what the law already requires and what students actually receive is widest.

We are not publishing the case details yet. Court name, petition number, filing date and hearing schedule go up here once the matter is filed and the advocate on record has cleared the wording. Publishing a half-accurate account of live litigation helps nobody, and can prejudice the matter itself.

What we can say now: the work is real, it is active, and the research feeding it is the reason we need volunteers. If you want to be told when the petition is filed, join the mailing list — litigation updates are one of the things it covers.

Supporting documents

Once the petition is filed we will publish what we can here — the petition itself, supporting affidavits, the research and data cited in it, court orders and notices as they are issued, and a running timeline of hearings.

Documents are published for transparency and public awareness. Anything naming an identifiable individual is redacted before it goes up unless it is already on the public record.

Join our research & legal team

We need legal researchers, paralegal volunteers, people who can draft RTIs, data analysts, and documentation help. Law students welcome — this is real courtroom-adjacent experience.

Join the team

Request a school notice template

If a school is failing to meet its obligations around a student’s mental health, we can send you a template legal notice you can adapt and serve yourself.

Request the template

Volunteer with the research & legal team

Full name

Email address

Phone number

City & state

Which role interests you? Legal research Paralegal support RTI drafting Data analysis Documentation & case management Not sure — happy to help wherever needed

Current role or year of study e.g. "3rd year LLB, NLU Delhi" or "Practising advocate, 4 years"

Bar Council enrolment number Only if you're an enrolled advocate.

Relevant experience Any research, drafting, RTI, or data work you've done. A few lines is plenty.

Hours per week you can commit

Why do you want to work on this?

CV / resume PDF or Word document, up to 5 MB. Stored privately and deleted with the rest of the application.

LinkedIn or portfolio link

Consent I consent to Baatcheet storing this application and contacting me about volunteering. I understand these are unpaid volunteer roles.

The information and templates provided here are for general awareness and informational purposes only and do not constitute legal advice. For advice specific to your situation, please consult a licensed advocate.