Seminar on legal awareness at Sri Guru Harkrishan Senior Sec Public School, Sector 40-C, Chandigarh

A seminar on the ‘Legal awareness campaign for the elimination of violence against women’ was organised at the school under the leadership of Principal Shama Kukal, in collaboration with the school’s Legal Literacy Club. Advocate Sudhir Kumar Pandey from the Punjab and Haryana High Court sensitised the students to various legal provisions related to domestic violence, Maintenance and Welfare of Parents and Senior Citizens Act, Dowry Prohibition Act, and the POCSO (Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act). The students participated enthusiastically and engaged in an interactive session, clearing their doubts and gaining valuable legal knowledge. Principal Shama Kukal appreciated the initiative of the Legal Literacy Club and emphasised the importance of such awareness campaigns in ending violence against women.