Series of legal literacy programmes inaugurated

Series of legal literacy programmes inaugurated
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DHARWAD: Access to justice is a fundamental right guaranteed to every individual under the Constitution of India and teachers should play vital role in realising this right for the benefit of common man, said Pradeep K Vaingankar, Principal District and Sessions Judge, Dharwad.

He was speaking after inaugurating the ‘series of legal literacy’ programmes jointly organised by the District Legal Services Authority and the Free legal Aid cell of the University College of Law at the District Institute for Education and Training here recently.

He pointed out that India was a great country with a democratic and welfare constitution and it had made advancements in the fields of science and technology.

He regretted that the country was also known for its 39 percent of the population being below poverty line, starvation deaths, pathetic and pitiable condition of women and children and the status of the weaker and downtrodden sections of the society had not improved yet.

He said many legislations were passed to improve their lot.

These vulnerable groups of people were conferred with special rights privileges and entitlements and the only problem was that the benefit of these legislations should reach the individuals concerned.

He said that constitutional promises could come true to the individuals only when the access to justice was secured.

Information about the places where legal services were available should be made available to the needy by the teachers.

Teachers were accessible especially to the have-nots and downtrodden, he said.

Presiding over the function V M Patil, Principal and Deputy director Development, DIET said the organisers aptly chose the DIET for the inaugural ceremony and called upon all the teachers to understand their responsibility toward the society.

He advised the students of the law college to pursue this goal of imparting legal education to the masses relentlessly.

R R Biranapadamath, secretary, District Legal Services Authority, welcomed the gathering the spoke about the legal literacy movement.

He observed that if a woman learned, the whole family would benefit and if a teacher learned, thousands and thousands would be benefited and that was why they had chosen the training institution for the inaugural function.

Veena Byatanal, Sriharsha Neelopanth, Varsha D K A M Patil, Dr C S Patil and others were present.