volume 2 issue 12 december, 2010 - delhi state legal...
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NEWSLETTERDLSA/DHCLSC For Private Circulation Only
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Delhi Legal Services Authority
VOLUME 2 ISSUE 12 December, 2010
Hon'ble Mr. Justice Vikramajit Sen, Judge High Court of Delhi & Executive Chairman, DLSA delivering a speech.
From (L-R): Mr. Harish Dudani, OSD, DLSA, Dr. S. Brindha, Director, Health Services & Family Welfare
and Ms. Kiran Walia, Hon'ble Minister of Health, Govt. of NCT of Delhi
Delhi Legal Services Authority, in association with Directorate of Family Welfare, Govt. of NCT of Delhi, organized a th
workshop on PNDT Act, on 5 December, 2010, at Auditorium, G.B. Pant Hospital, Delhi Gate, Delhi. Ms. Kiran Walia,
Hon'ble Minister of Health, was the Chief Guest. The programme was presided over by Hon'ble Mr. Justice Vikramajit Sen,
Judge, High Court of Delhi & Executive Chairman, Delhi Legal Services Authority. The programme comprised of two
sessions. In the first session, the topics were Legal Aspects of PNDT and MTP and, Problems in Implementation of the Act,
in which the resource persons were Ms. Anita Shinoy, Advocate and Sh. Rajiv Mohan, APP, respectively. In the second
session, the topics were Medical Techniques Boon or Bane and Social Perspective, in which the resource persons were
Dr. Puneet Bedi and Ms. Sulekha from Action India, respectively. The target audience of the programme comprised of
Public Prosecutors, Government Functionaries and Judicial Officers.
WORKSHOP ON PNDT ACT
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ORIENTATION & TRAINING
PROGRAMME
AWARENESS PROGRAMME
PROGRAMME ON ANTI TOBACCO
DLSA has on its panel, legal aid lawyers for Civil as well as
Criminal Laws. DLSA endeavours continuously towards
improving the quality of legal aid provided by the lawyers
on its panel. In the month of December, 2010, the DLSA
Criminal Panel Lawyers were oriented on the topics
Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act;
Building a Defence/Alibi and; Plea Bargaining. The Civil
Panel Lawyers were oriented on the topic Indigent Suits
covered under Order 33 CPC. Interaction took between
the Resource Persons, who came for Orientation and who
were Judicial Officers and Senior Advocates on the one
hand, and Legal Aid Lawyers on the other hand. Legal Aid
Lawyers attended the Orientation Programmes in
majority and they also participated in the programmes
enthusiastically. In the Orientation of Criminal Panel
Lawyers, on the topic Plea Bargaining, the Legal Aid
Lawyers got dispelled a large number of their doubts from
the Resource Person. The Training Programmes were
highly successful and DLSA is hopeful that such Training
Programmes, as held in every month, would certainly
enhance quality of Legal Aid.
thOn 4 December, 2010, a Legal Awareness & Legal Aid
Programme was organized by DLSA, in partnership with
Health Fitness Trust at MCD Community Bhawan, DDA
Flats, Kalkaji. Sh. S. S. Tandan, Counsellor, DLSA
addressed the gathering about legal aid and assistance.
Information booklets of DLSA were also distributed to
the public.
The State Tobacco Control Cell, Department of Health &
Family Welfare, Govt. of NCT of Delhi, in collaboration
with Education Department, organized a three day
Training Programme on “Tobacco Control Legislation st rd
with Special Emphais to Section 4 and 6 on 1 , 3 and th
8 December, 2010 at the Auditorium, Govt. Girls Sr.
Secondary School, Rani Garden, Block-12, Geeta Colony,
East Delhi. Students from Govt. as well as private Schools
attended the programme. Ld. Project Officer, DLSA was
the resource person in the programme.
VISIT OF LAW STUDENTS FROM USA &
INDIA
AWARENESS PROGRAMMES WITH GRC'S
30 students persuing their law degree from USA and India, in equal proportion, were selected for the course of International and Comparative Human Rights Law
th thPracticum (ICHRLP) during 20 December, 2010 to 6 January, 2011. The said course was organized by the School of Law, Indira Gandhi National Open University, in collaboration with the Las Vegas William S. Boyd School of Law, University of Nevada, United States of America. It was a unique programme approved by American Bar Association (ABA). Those students visited
thDLSA office on 24 December, 2010 for their experience on the comparative & International Human Rights, since DLSA is engaged in the field of human rights. Those students interacted with DLSA for better understanding of the issues. In the said programme DLSA was introduced to them, as also the work being handled by DLSA, including various projects undertaken by DLSA towards free and competent legal aid.
DLSA has entered into an MOU with Mission Convergence of Govt. of NCT of Delhi signed by the Director, Mission Convergence & the Member Secretary, DLSA. A network of Gender Resource Centres and Samajik Suvidha Kendras has been established by the Government. DLSA provides them the legal aid lawyers and counselors. For this, DLSA advised the Nine District Legal Services Authorities to organize various awareness programmes in the Gender Resource Centres (GRCs)
th thwithin their Districts on various topics from 28 -30 December, 2010. The Secretaries of the District Legal Services Authorities made the community aware about the free legal aid and conseling being provided by Delhi Legal Services Authority and, also spread legal awareness on the topics such as Role of DLSA in Women Empowerment, Domestic Violence, Right of Women in context with Legal Aid, Maintenance Law, Marital Law, Labour Laws, Human Rights, RTI Act. The Ld. Secretaries, attended the awareness camp at the following GRCs: Bhartiya Navdeep Samiti, Anmol and Aradhya in West District; Delhi School of Social Works Society in North District; Caring Foundation-II in East District; Katha in South District; Guild of Service, RAWAT and Bal Vikas Dhara in South West District and Aradhya Samajik Suvidha Kendra, Navjyoti India Foundation & Society for Social Services in North West District.
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PARA LEGAL TRAINING FOR GRC'S
WINTER INTERNSHIP PROGRAMME
Delhi Legal Services Authority, in association with MARG,
an NGO, imparts training to volunteers of Gender
Resource Centres (GRCs) on various topics such as Right
to Information Act, Public Distribution System and some
important schemes, in order to create a force of Para-
Legals within the community. The trainees were also taken
for an exposure trip to SDMs office. The training was th th
conducted in two batches from 13 - 16 December, 2010 th rdand 20 23 December, 2010 at Conference Hall, MARG.
The participants were encouraged to highlight the issues
within their specific GRCs and to identify the problem
areas, so that the training programme could be made
effective by tailoring the contents of the training
programme to the community needs.
Delhi Legal Services Authority has put in place Summer
and Winter Internship Programmes. Several law students
from different law universities and National Law
Universities have interned with the Delhi Legal Services
Authority during the summer and winter internship th thprogramme. From 13 December, 2010 to 25 January,
2011, 80 interns went for community visits through GRCs
and interacted with the persons and filled Questionnaires
from the interview conducted with the community people.
These visits were mainly in the backward areas of Delhi.
The community interaction included awareness
programmes including right to access free legal aid. After
this, interns went to various Children Homes to assess the
need for legal aid for children. Interns were also sent to
IHBAS. At IHBAS the interns assessed the need for legal
assistance to patients in the hospital as they are statutorily
entitled to legal aid. Interns were given a Questionnaire,
relating to need of legal aid at the Home, which they were
to fill up and then, interns were sent to District Courts to
collect the data regarding MACT cases. Second batch th
started from 27 December, 2010.
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MENTAL HEALTH WEEK
SECRETARIES MEET
HUMAN RIGHTS DAY
WORLD AIDS DAY
IHBAS in collaboration with Ministry of Health & Family
Welfare, Govt. of NCT of Delhi organized Mental Health th thAwareness Week from 8 December, 2010 to 14
December, 2010. Ld. Project Officer, DLSA participated
in the programme. On 13 December, 2010, DLSA send
Metropolitan Magistrate at the outreach clinic of IHBAS
near Jama Masjid, Urdu Park to deal with the patients of
mental illness.
stOn 31 December, 2010, a meeting of the Secretaries of
all District Legal Services Authorities was convened by the
Member Secretary, DLSA to discuss about the Lok Adalat,
attendance and performance of Counsellors, distribution
of work amongst the Panel Advocates, utilization of
interns, Awareness Camps and inspection of GRC's,
feeding of data in new website etc. Various other issues of
Administration and Management were also discussed in
the meeting.
thOn the occasion of Human Rights Day, on 10 December,
2010, DLSA organized legal awareness camps in Public
Schools in each District of Delhi. The heads of the
schools, teachers and students attended the programmes.
The Ld. Secretaries of District Legal Services Authorities
spoke about Human Rights, constitutional rights and
duties as well as other relevant provisions of law and
welfare measures. The audience was also informed about
the activities of DLSA. Information booklets were also
distributed among the students.
stOn the occasion of World Aids Day on 1 December,
2010, Delhi Legal Services Authority participated in the
awareness programme of Delhi State Aids Control
Society, Govt. of NCT of Delhi in its Red Ribbon
Express Campaign. The Ld. Project Officer, DLSA
participated in the programme.
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DELHI HIGH COURT LEGAL SERVICES COMMITTEE
DELHI LEGAL SERVICES AUTHORITY
Hon'ble Mr. Justice Dipak Misra Chief Justice, High Court of Delhi & Patron-in-Chief, DLSA
Hon'ble Mr. Justice Vikramajit Sen Judge, High Court of Delhi & Executive Chairman, DLSA
Hon'ble Mr. Justice A.K. SikriJudge, High Court of Delhi & Chairman, DHCLSC
Member SecretaryMs. Asha Menon, DHJS
Officer on Special DutyMr. Harish Dudani, DHJS
Secretary, DHCLSCMr. R.K. Singh, DHJS
Project Officer Mr. Dig Vinay Singh, DJS
LIST OF SECRETARIES
1. Mr. Satish Kumar, DJSSecy., DLSA, North West DistrictRohini Court
2. Mr. Pooran Chand, DJSSecy., DLSA, East District, KKD Court
3. Mr. Gorakh Nath Pandey, DJSSecy., DLSA, North East District Karkardooma Court
4. Mr. Shailender Malik, DJSSecy., DLSA, North District, THC Court
5. Mr. Manish Yaduvanshi, DJS Secy., DLSA, West District, THC Court
6. Mr. Sameer Bajpai, DJSSecy., DLSA, Central District, THC Court
7. Ms. Ruby Alka Gupta, DJSSecy., DLSA, New Delhi DistrictPHC Court
8. Mr. Kuldeep Narayan, DJSSecy., DLSA, South District, Saket Court
9. Mr. Mohinder Virat, DJSSecy., DLSA, South West District
Dwarka Court
CONTINUOUS LOK ADALAT
LEGAL AID
VIDEO CONFERENCING
MEDIATION CENTRE AT CAW CELL, NANAKPURA
MEDIATION CENTRE AT CAW CELL, MAYURA ENCLAVE
th thLOK ADALAT HELD ON 11 AND 12 DECEMBER, 2010
LOK ADALAT
In December, 2010 former judges including Justice Satpal (Retired), Justice R.P. Gupta (Retired) and Justice J.P. Singh and advocates Ms. Isha Khanna, Ms. Rajni Anand, Mr. V.B. Arya, Ms. Shweta Verma, Mr. Akshay Bipin, presided over Continuous Lok Adalat held in the Hon'ble High Court of Delhi. 5 sittings were held during the month of December. Out of 27 pending cases during the month, 5 Cases were successfully settled in the Continuous Lok Adalat.
In the month of December, 2010, DHCLSC provided legal aid in 131 matters.
In the month of December, 2010, 2 video conferencing involving 32 prisoners were held.
stIn, 2010 as on 31 December, 2010, 34 fresh cases were received and 5 cases st
have been settled. The total pendency as on 31 December, 2010 is 24.
stIn December, 2010 as on 31 December, 2010, 17 fresh cases have been
streceived and 4 cases have been settled. The total pendency as on 31 December, 2010 is 34.
th thThe total disposal in the Lok Adalat held on 11 & 12 December, 2010 is as follows:1. Pre-Litigative : BSES (RPL) : 1454
BSES (YPL): 2266
2. Litigative : BSES (RPL) in the court of HMJ Ajit Bharihoke: 11 BSES (YPL) in the court of HMJ P.K. Bhasin: 18
NDPL in the court of HMJ A.K. Pathak : 17
The category wise detail of Lok Adalat organized at Patiala House Court th
Complex on 11 December, 2010 i.e. the Second Saturday of December, 2010 is as under:-
S.NO. TYPE OF LOK ADALAT NO. OF CASES COMPENSATIONSETTLED AMOUNT
1 MACT 54 Rs. 1,19,08,750/-
2 Bank Recovery 83 Rs. 10,13,479/-
3 N.I. Act u/s 138 317 Rs. 3,18,29,833/-
4 Civil Cases 10 -
5 Electricity Cases 06 Rs. 4,68,304/-
6 Others(Matrimonial, Crl.Compoundable, ADRMechanism & Labour Cases) 17 Rs.65,000/-