Ludhiana DLSA conducts seminar for panches

Legal Correspondent

Ludhiana, October 19

The District Legal Services Authority (DLSA) organised a legal awareness seminar for sarpanches and panches of Doraha block at the BDPO office.

The seminar was a part of the flagship six-week legal awareness and outreach programme launched by the National Legal Services Authority, Chief Justice of India NV Ramana and Union Law Minister Kiren Rijiju on Gandhi Jayanti.

Chief Judicial Magistrate-cum-DLSA Secretary PS Kaleka highlighted various welfare schemes run by the Legal Services Authority and the government for the under-privileged section of society.

He sought co-operation in spreading legal awareness among the masses, so that they are able to take benefit of the welfare schemes.

Apart from the city, the CJM said the seminar was focused on spreading awareness about legal services in villages and far-flung areas of the district.

We have constituted 64 teams for covering the entire district, including 941 villages. Each team includes one lawyer, one paralegal volunteer and one law student, he said, adding that the drive will run till November 14.

The CJM claimed that during the ongoing legal awareness drive 7,000 students participated in different seminars organised by teachers, in-charge of legal literacy clubs at Government Senior Secondary Schools and High Schools, till today