Legal Aid and Awareness Program Conducted in Sannyasithan Tea Garden on 26.03.2023

28-03-2023

Legal Aid and Awareness Program

Date: 26.03.2023.

Venue: Sannyasithan Tea Garden

Chief Guest of Honour:

Dr. Sandip Sengupta (Dean of North Bengal Medical College)
Sanju Guha Majumder (BDO Phanshidewa Block)
Sanjeev Singha (Pradhan, Bagdogra G.P)

Guest of Honour:

Mithilesh Singh (Manager of Tea Garden)
Amit Sarkar (President Darjeeling District Legal Aid Forum)

The Legal Aid Society of Indian Institute of Legal Studies has conducted Free legal Aid and Awareness programme at Sannyasithan Tea Garden on 26.03.2023  with an objective of apprising the tea garden workers of Sannyasithan on various adversaries prevalent in society. The students of Indian Institute of Legal Studies enlightened the gathering with regards to various contemporary issues relating to child trafficking, child marriage and domestic violence which is an alarming issue that is often witnessed amongst those areas. In the presence of our Hon'ble Chief Guest and Special Guests of Honour, they have also shed some light on importance of educating a girl child, Anti human Trafficking and conservation of forest. They also imparted them with crucial information of different government benefits and schemes available to tea garden workers and as to how they can avail it. With that it marked the end of the legal aid programme with vote of thanks to the eminent dignitaries present in the program.

Students Speakers:
1. Amisha Singh (BA LLB 5 YEARS SEM VIII) - Domestic violence.
2. Tanisha Agrawal  (B.COM LLB 5 YEARS SEM VIII) - Child trafficking.
3. Shantanu Dutta  (BBA LLB 5 YEARS SEM VIII) - Child marriage and abuse.