A ‘Legal Aid cum Legal Awareness Camp’ was organised by the ‘Legal Aid Cell and ADR Association’ of the UPES School of Business (SoB) in collaboration with the District Legal Authority, Dehradun for the benefit of the residents of village Dunga (Prem Nagar) in Dehradun. The camp held at Dunga village was themed on ‘Children Rights: Child Education Rights.’ The former district judge and registrar general of the High Court, Uttarakhand V K Maheshwari presided over the camp.
Arun Dhand, senior director, Public Affairs, UPES, shared that the camp was held to assist the residents of its adjoining villages with their legal issues. “The agenda of this camp was focused on the fundamental right of child education,” he said.
In his address, Radheshyam Prasad, associate professor and faculty coordinator, Legal Aid Cell said, “The Legal Aid Cell has been established to provide appropriate legal aid to and raise awareness among the locals without any charge for the same. The cell is functional every Tuesday and Thursday at the Kandoli campus of the university.”
Thereafter, a skit by the cultural committee on the ‘Child Education & its Importance’ was held. The theme of the skit revolved around eradicating financial indifference as regards the children’s basic preliminary education.