Legal awareness stall by Odisha State Legal Services Authority during the Baliyatra Festival-2023
Cuttack : In order to create awareness amongst the general public during the Baliyatra Festival-2023, a Legal Services Stall has been set up by the Odisha State Legal Services Authority at Baliyatra ground, Cuttack. The said Stall was inaugurated by Hon’ble Shri Justice Arindam Sinha, Judge, High Court of Orissa and Chairman, High Court Legal Services Committee on 28.11.2023 at 4.40 P.M. in presence of Hon’ble Judges of the High Court of Orissa, District Magistrate & Collector, Cuttack and Sub-Collector, Cuttack.
The main objects of installing of the aforesaid Stall is to create awareness amongst the general public about the different activities carried out by the OSLSA and field units i.e. District Legal Services Authorities (DLSAS), Permanent Lok Adalats (Public Utility Services) and Taluk Legal Services Committees (TLSCs) and its benefits. Besides, a temporary Front Office, Mediation Centre and Legal Aid Clinic have also been set up in the said Stall by deploying one Advocate-Retainer and two Para-legal Volunteers of the DLSAs, on rotation basis during the period from 28.11.2023 to 04.12.2023 to render necessary advice to the persons during their visit to the Stall of OSLSA. Further, awareness materials like leaflets, pamphlets on different activities such as Legal Aid to poor, Lok Adalat, Permanent Lok Adalat (PUS) and Mediation activities will also be distributed to the visitors to spread awareness during the Baliyatra Festival-2023. In this Inauguration Ceremony the Dignitaries distributed victim compensation benefits and labour benefits such as marriage, education, death benefits to the labourers. That apart, appropriate steps will also be taken by this Authority to provide legal aid & services to the applicants on their applications received during the said Baliyatra Festival-2023
During inauguration of the aforesaid programme, Shri Pratap Kumar Patra, Registrar General & Registrars of the Hon’ble High Court of Orissa, Shri Smruti Ranjan Mohapatra, Deputy Secretary, OSLSA, Shri Suryakanta Acharya, Secretary, DLSA, Cuttack and Shri Srujan Saraswat, Assistant Secretary, OSLSA including Panel Advocates, Para-legal Volunteers and staff of OSLSA were also remain present.
