Villagers sensitised to free legal aid

Mohali, October 23

To sensitise people to free legal aid, procedure for availing of various legal services and to empowerment of women, Justice Ajay Tewari, Judge, Punjab and Haryana High Court, and Executive Chairman, Punjab State Legal Services Authority, visited Papri village in Mohali district today.

Arun Gupta, District and Sessions Judge-cum-Member Secretary, and Dr Mandeep Mittal, Additional District and Sessions Judge-cum-Additional Member Secretary, accompanied him.

Later on, both judicial officers visited the villages of Dharamgarh and Bakarpur. They interacted with villagers and students and informed them about free legal aid service.

They said the State Legal Services Authority had so far covered around 13,000 villages, towns and cities of all 23 districts of the state twice to educate the population about free legal aid, remedies against domestic abuse, access to justice and legal remedies etc.

It was also told that under Section 12 of the Legal Services Authorities Act, 1987, a woman, child, any person in custody, specially abled persons, SC/ST and any person having annual income of Rs3 lakh can avail of service of an advocate to be paid by the authority. The services can be availed of for cases in all courts, commissions and tribunals. Anyone can contact the authority through its toll free number 1968.

In commemoration of 75th year of Independence and 25th year of Legal Aid Movement, a nationwide campaign, “PAN India Awareness and Outreach Programme - Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav: 2nd October to 14th November, 2021”, has been launched by the National Legal Services Authority, New Delhi. — TNS

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