Legal aid centres for poor soon

LEGAL AID centres will be opened in all the districts of the State to provide help to the poor and marginalised sections of society, said Colin Gonsalves, Supreme Court lawyer and human rights activist, while inaugurating a two-day legal workshop, in Allahabad on Saturday. The Human Rights Law Network is organising the workshop at Nirala Sabhagar, Allahabad University. The Human Rights Law Network is organising the workshop at Nirala Sabhagar, Allahabad University.

LEGAL AID centres will be opened in all the districts of the State to provide help to the poor and marginalised sections of society, said Colin Gonsalves, Supreme Court lawyer and human rights activist, while inaugurating a two-day legal workshop, in Allahabad on Saturday.

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The Human Rights Law Network is organising the workshop at Nirala Sabhagar, Allahabad University.

Gonsalves lamented that cases of human rights violations, like encounter deaths, custodial torture, dowry deaths, rape and molestation, were on the rise in the country, especially in Uttar Pradesh.

He said in such a situation, it was the duty of human rights activists and lawyers to work for the welfare of the poor.

Gonsalves spoke in detail on the Right to Food and the issues raised in a PIL petition filed before the Supreme Court in this connection.

KK Roy and Atreyi Sen conducted the programme. Delegates from 27 districts took part in the workshop.

Those who addressed the gathering included Anup Srivastava, Mahesh Anand, Anita Srivastava, Ram Lochan Tiwari, S Ali Manjar, Tanveer Ahmad Siddiqui and others.

Others present on the occasion included High Court lawyers Nandita Adawal, Awadhesh Rai and several human rights activists.

Gonsalves also inaugurated an art exhibition of Ayay Jaitley, which depicted the life of prostitutes.