Empowerment of Citizens through Legal Awareness and Outreach through Mobile Vans
- Imphal, 03rd November, 2022 -

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Empowerment of Citizens through Legal Awareness and Outreach through Mobile Vans

As per the directions of National Legal Services Authority (NALSA) and under the guidance of Hon’ble Dr. Justice, D.Y. Chandrachud, Hon'ble Executive Chairman, NALSA and Chief Justice of India (Designate), the following two campaigns is to be carried out all over India from 31st October, 2022 to 13th November, 2022 to commemorate the 75th Anniversary of Independence of our country.

1) Empowerment of Citizens through Legal Awareness and Outreach – A Pan India Campaign for bridging the gap between the institutions and the underprivileged by spreading legal awareness and ensuring delivery of legal entitlements to eligible beneficiaries, and

(2) Haq_humara_bhi_to_hai@75 – A Campaign for providing basic legal assistance to persons confined in prisons and child care institutions to commemorate the 75th year of Independence.

For the state of Manipur, the launching and flagging off ceremony for the Campaign “Empowerment of Citizens through Legal Awareness and Outreach through Mobile Vans” for all the district of Manipur was held today at the premises of the Hon’ble High Court of Manipur, Imphal at Mantripukhri.

Hon’ble Mr. Justice P.V. Sanjay Kumar, Chief Justice, High Court of Manipur cum Patron-in-Chief of Manipur State Legal Services Authority (MASLSA) in the august presence of His Lordship’s Companion Judges Hon’ble Mr. Justice, M.V. Muralidaran, Judge High Court of Manipur and Executive Chairman, MASLSA and Hon’ble Mr. Justice, A. Bimol Singh, Judge, High Court of Manipur and Chairperson, High Court Legal Services Committee (HCLSC) launched the Door to Door Outreach Campaign by flagging off the Mobile Vans at 9.30 AM from the Court premises of the Hon’ble High Court of Manipur.

The program was also attended by Shri Ojesh Mutum, Member Secretary, MASLSA along with the respective Chairpersons and Secretaries of the all-District Legal Services Authorities. Shri Ojesh Mutum gave a brief introduction and highlighted about the objectives of the campaign before the flagging off ceremony.

Empowerment of Citizens through Legal Awareness and Outreach through Mobile Vans

It may be mentioned that, the objective of the mobile vans intends to cover all the 67 sub-divisions and around 2581 villages of Manipur spreading awareness about Welfare Laws & Schemes enacted for empowerment of people; the Constitution of India- Fundamental Rights and Fundamental Duties; Free Legal Aid & Services provided by the Legal Services Institutions; Digital initiatives for approaching institution- The Vidhi Chatbot, WhatsApp chatbot, Legal Aid Case Management System, Legal Services Management System, Online Mediation Portal among others; Rights and remedies available under various laws.

The door to door campaign will be supervised and executed by Outreach Teams constituted at each DLSA level comprising of Judicial Officers, State/District Administration Officials, Members of Child Welfare Committee (CWC), Juvenile Justice Boards (JJBs), Social Workers, Anganwadi Workers, Panel Lawyers, Para Legal Volunteers, Law Students etc., under the overall supervision of Secretary of District Legal Services Authority.

Besides distributing IEC materials like leaflets, brochures, printouts etc., on various legal awareness themes, the Door to Door Campaign Outreach Team will mobile the masses through one-to-one interaction to attend the various legal awareness camps and initiatives to be launched by each DLSA covering village level, community level and schools and colleges, particularly the important events on 06.11.2022 (Mega Legal Camps), 09.11.2022(Legal Services Day function and Legal Services Exhibition), 12.11.2022 (National Lok Adalat) besides host other programmes and micro legal camps.

Various topics on basic legal subjects will be covered during the said 2 week Outreach and Awareness Campaign such as
i) Accessing Courts and Legal Remedies
ii) Procedures for filing complaints in police stations
iii) Rights of arrested persons and suspects
iv) Victim Compensation Schemes
v) Empowerment of Women including remedies against domestic violence, sexual offences, discrimination, sexual harassment at workplace etc.
vi) Employment related laws.
Vii) Rights of SC/ST persons, LGBTQ community and other marginalised groups
viii) Alternative Dispute Redressal mechanisms such as Lok Adalat, Mediation etc., and process of availing them.

Office of the Member Secretary
Manipur State Legal Services Authority