District-level legal aid camp held
Tribune News Service
Jalandhar, October 27
As per the directions of the National Legal Services Authority and Punjab State Legal Services Authority, the District Legal Services Authority (DLSA), Jalandhar, today organised a district level legal aid camp at the Lyallpur Khalsa College. It was presided over by Rupinderjit Chahal, District and Sessions Judge-cum-chairman, DLSA, Jalandhar.
Fifteen stalls of various departments of Jalandhar such as District Social Security Officer, District Red Cross, District Welfare Officer, Health Department, Employment Office, Assistant Labour Commissioenr Office, Food Supply Controller, Horticulture, Sakhi One Stop Centre, District Child Protection Officer, and Education Department as well as of District Legal Services Authority, Jalandhar, were put up in the camp.
Smart ration card, pension benefits to children who lost their parents to Covid-19, employment letters to the youth, Sarbat Bima Yojna Card, wheel chairs to physically disabled persons, sewing machines to women were provided to the needy on the spot.
A vaccination camp was also organised with the help of the Health Department, Jalandhar. A help desk for providing legal services to the needy litigants was also established in which legal services were provided to 20 persons whose cases were either pending or were to be filed in the Competent Court of Law.
