Legal awareness van flagged off

Tribune News Service

Patiala, October 3

As part of the “Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav”, Nation India Awareness and Outreach Programme, an awareness van was flagged off by District and Sessions Judge Rajinder Aggarwal yesterday on the occasion of Gandhi Jayanti. The awareness and outreach campaign would continue until November 14. Besides, legal services week would be observed from November 8 to 14 as part of this campaign, said Aggarwal.

District Legal Services Authority, Patiala, would cover 1,038 villages and urban areas of Patiala to hold awareness programmes. The villages have been divided into 92 clusters and awareness programmes would be conducted for 92 clusters of villages.

Earlier in the morning, a rally was taken out in collaboration with students of Government Mohindra College and students of Government Senior Secondary School, New Power House Colony, Patiala, in the city spreading legal awareness through placards.

Thereafter, Parminder Kaur, CJM-cum-Secretary, District Legal Services Authority, conducted an awareness seminar and make people aware about free legal aid, toll free number 1968 and legal services app.

Rajinder Aggarwal, District and Sessions Judge, Patiala-cum-Chairman, District Legal Services Authority, while interacting with mediapersons congratulated everyone on Gandhi Jayanti. He said the dream of Mahatma Gandhi, the Father of Nation, to wipe every tear from every eye, could be fulfilled only if each and every individual was made aware of their legal rights.