On Legal Services Day, the AP High Court Legal Services Committee launches Mission Legal Service Programme on November 9, 2021. As part of this programme, VIT-AP School of Law (VSL) is selected by the AP High Court to join the mission legal services and render their services to create legal awareness in the villages identified and adopted by the VIT-AP university.
The programme was started at one of three adopted villages of VIT-AP University — Inavolu — following the inauguration by Justice Ramana Kumari, the secretary of AP High Court Legal Services Committee and who was joined by Dr Chakka Benarji, the dean of VIT-AP School of Law, Prof M Mahathi Faculty Coordinator of the VIT-AP School of Law Legal Aid Centre and students. The programme also witnessed the presence of B Seshaiah, the senior civil judge of Mangalagiri and the chairperson of Mandal Legal Services Authority. While inaugurating the programme, the Mission Legal Service secretary informed the participants about the importance of creating legal awareness to provide access to justice to the needy.
Further, she highlighted the role of students, lawyers, judges, social workers, district and mandal authorities to make villages as dispute and litigation free model villages. She directed and encouraged the students to involve actively to create legal awareness among the common citizens of the country.
The programme witnessed participation by the local people, mandal officials and other village revenue officials and students of VIT-AP School of Law.