Colin Gonsalves is a Senior Advocate of the Supreme Court of India. He is also the Executive Director of Human Rights Law Network (HRLN). A pioneer in the field ofpublic interest litigation in India, he has successfully brought a number of cases dealing with economic, social and cultural rights. Most of these cases decided by the Supreme Court have been set as precedents.
Gonsalves is also the founder of the India Center for Human Rights and Law, an independent, one-stop information center for anyone involved in public interest law.
