Legal Support Group

What is envisaged

Need

• Minorities and weaker sections are routinely discriminated against

• State sides with upper castes and empowered• Judicial redressal of aberrations illusory• Judicial and administrative bias aggravates it• Civil society, pluralism, inclusiveness,

secularism all take a hit.

Does anyone doubt that there is a dire need for an organization to change this?

Why• Speeches, detention, discrimination, effect• Jaisingh sings, you cannot, you are below par• The bail denial joke, the single case versus

umpteen cases case, the judiciary that wags … its tongue to suggest… blinkages

• Who has to be engaged… to engage with Justice

• Why we are not questioning every atrocity

WHAT IS THE FUTURE BRINGING ?

The future is bringing you thrills, action and an India you cannot imagine in your wildest dreams.

No one trains intensely without an intent to use the training acquired. When you train with weapons, you intend to use weapons.

What training you acquire and with what weapons tells the world what your intentions are.

A picture is worth a thousand words

Education Society… with a difference !

Protest, plea, conference, forum… Result ?

One, with the law, is a majority.

Redefining majority* in secular terminologyRedefining nationalism* + constitutionalism* in journalism terminologyGiving all three* expressions acceptabilityOther secular groups are mere spectatorsIf the law is to work, we must work the lawThe only legitimate acceptable support can come from strong, formidable legal capability

Benefits• Organization is not as susceptible to being

targeted as an individual crusader would be• Higher public and media credibility of an

organization• Inclusive structure for anyone who needs help• Representative of larger sections of society• Participative ownership realizable from

subscriptions on a monthly basis• Organization acquires momentum of its own

We take benefits to be self-evident

Structure

• NGO type Trust for an inclusive, fair country• 3 advocates supervised by a senior advocate• Office staff to support the exercise• Computing equipment and subscriptions

including to electronic magazines and books• Data collection, compiling, storage and

retrieval mechanisms, safe from e-theft

Which legal structure will give the best leverage?

Legal Support GroupWhat is envisaged

Deliverables

• Track media reports and book contents• Take proactive/preemptive action to protect

the interests of the weaker sections• Monitor legislations and welfare schemes of

Government and implementation mechanisms• Fighting cases supportive of Rule of Law• Create evaluation and alternative policy team

Annual Report to be sharedOne win will justify the investment

Investment

• Rs.5 lakhs per month / Rs.60 lakhs per annum• Not inclusive of court costs and other such

expenses• Must create a Contingency Fund in addition• Eventual aim is to create a structure that is self

supporting as well as acquires a momentum of its own, also attracting funding

Value of investment is directly proportional to expected benefit

The future awaits... your reply.

If you recognize a real need for what is being spoken of in this meeting, you need to act.The most cataclysmic events in history were not things that accompanied a bang or a roar – they were a silent thought, a quietly formed determination to stand up and be counted, to make a difference.The law needs to be used to redress wrongs.

The underprivileged have been receiving a message. They await a response from those who can show them the way : show those who abuse the law and challenge national self respect, that hijacking secular space will no longer be countenanced. carries a solid legal as well as an electoral price tag.

Hindustan HamaraWe need to reclaim our destiny, our heritage of Constitutional rights, our rightful place in the country, in governance, in decision making, in affirmative action, in equality before the law…The word – spoken or written – has no worth or meaning… till it is translated into action.The time for action cannot forever remain in doubt. Every day lost is a setback.