TURA, July 16: Justice Sanjib Banerjee, Chief Justice, High Court of Meghalaya and Patron-in-Chief, Meghalaya State Legal Services Authority (MSLSA), inaugurated a mega camp-cum-awareness programme on National Legal Services Authority schemes and government welfare schemes at St. Francis De Sales Secondary School, Somonpara under Gambegre C&RD Block in West Garo Hills.
Judge of High Court of Meghalaya, HS Thangkhiew, Registrar General, High Court of Meghalaya, E Kharumnuid, District and Session Judge, West Garo Hills, AM Ripnar, judicial officers, Heads of Departments, paralegal volunteers, Nokmas, Sordars and people of the area attended the programme. The theme for the mega camp was ‘Bridging the Gap’.
As part of the celebration of 25 years of legal services in Meghalaya, chief guest Sanjib Banerjee along with other dignitaries launched the Department of Justice (DoJ) Funded Project titled ‘Increasing Access to Justice through Community Mediation’ during the function.
It may be mentioned that this project is aimed to train the headmen or village court under district council or Nokmas with special reference to mediation for understanding formal laws, basic distinction between civil and criminal matters, under CRPC and to impart legal knowledge to weaker sections of the society. This endeavour is expected to lessen the burden of the court with unnecessary litigations.
