ABOUT US
Studio Nilima is an action based research collective based in Guwahati, Assam, India. Inspired by the life of Nilima Dutta, we bring together lawyers, thinkers, academics, artists and students to engage with contemporary concerns of Northeast India, specifically Assam. We initiate dialogues and community engagement and explore new ways of learning, thinking, research and practice. We exist at the intersections; the intersections of law, governance and society.
Read MoreOUR CORE AREAS OF WORK
Capacity Building
Nurturing new voices from the region through training and research.
Research
Undertaking interdisciplinary legal and policy studies in Northeast India.
LEGAL SERVICES
Working towards providing effective legal services to vulnerable communities.
Our Current Projects
Gauhati High Court Order on Detention Center
This move by the court is a significant win for human rights activists in Assam. The order was passed by a single judge in response to a batch of writ petitions facilitated by Studio Nilima: a collaborative network for research and capacity building, challenging declaration of jails as detention centres in Assam.
GauhatiHighCourtOrder.pdf
Visit to District Jail, Morigaon
A team of Studio Nilima visited the District Jail of Morigaon on September 15, 2019. The purpose of the visit was to firstly, assess the reforms prescribed by the Hon’ble Supreme Court in Re-Inhuman Conditions in 1382 Prisons W.P(C) 406/2013 and understand the challenges for its non-implementation, if any. The full report of the visit is available in the following link.
ReportMorigaonJailVisit.pdf
Studio Nilima Newsletter - November 2019
We are happy to present the third edition of our newsletter with much gratitude. The newsletter can be accessed through the following link.
StudioNilima-NewsletterNovember2019.pdf
Second Late Jatindra Mohan Chaudhuri Law Lecture
The second Late Jatindra Mohan Chaudhuri Law Lecture was delivered on October 26, 2019 by Sidharth Luthra, Senior Advocate, Supreme Court of India and Visiting Professor, Northumbria University at the Gauhati Town Club Auditorium in Guwahati. The lecture covered the topics - law of hearsay evidence, doctrine of last seen together theory and law on circumstantial evidence.
Mr. Luthra addressed a diverse audience of 120 participants which consisted of lawyers and law students from.. Read More
FullReportSecondLawLecture.pdf
Late Jatindra Mohan Chaudhuri Law Lecture Series
Justice (Retd.) I.A. Ansari delivered the inaugural Late Jatindra Mohan Chaudhuri Law Lecture organised by Studio Nilima: Collaborative Network for Research and Capacity Building at the Gauhati Town Club on September 28, 2019. The lecture was on the topic of appreciation of evidence in trial procedure and was intended for young lawyers and law students from different parts of Assam. The lecture also featured an interactive panel discussion with Justice (Retd.) Ansari, Mr. Angshuman Bora,.. Read More
FirstLawLecture-ReportofProceedings.pdf
Past and On-going Programs
Research Fellowship
The Studio Nilima Research Fellowship is awarded to emerging scholars from the Northeast who are interested in working in the areas of intersections of law and conflict and/or law and governance. Aimed at generating interdisciplinary scholarship on contemporary concerns of the region, this fellowship is open to scholars from any discipline interested in the study of the region. Get to know more about our past and present fellows in the research section.
Legal Services / Sarothi
Sarothi, a companion in Assamese, is an initiative of ours designed with the objective of facilitating and increasing access to justice for the marginalised and vulnerable communities of the region. As part of its mission, we have been conducting regular visits to the correctional homes of Assam in collaboration with the Assam State legal Services Authority and the District Legal Service Authorities. This program has also facilitated two legal awareness camps; one at Baksa and another at Goalpara district in Assam.
OUR OFFICES
DIGHALIPUKHURI EAST
C1, Damayanti Mansion, Satya Bora Lane,
Dighalipukhuri East, Guwahati-781001, Assam
DIGHALIPUKHURI
Lamb Road, Dighalipukhuri,
Guwahati-781001, Assam