Exclusive legal aid clinic for third gender in Chandigarh

Chandigarh, September 19

In a first-of-its-kind initiative, an exclusive legal aid clinic, “Samta Nyay Kendra”, for the third gender was set up at New Indira Colony, Mani Majra, here today. It has been set up to provide counselling and help to the third gender to redress their grievances.

The clinic, set up by the District Legal Services Authority, UT, in association with the Chandigarh State Aids Control Society and its partner NGO, the Association of Professional Social Workers and Development Practitioners, was inaugurated by Justice Jaswant Singh, Judge, Punjab and Haryana High Court-cum-Executive Chairman, State Legal Services Authority, Chandigarh. — TNS