Adding more feathers in its cap, Jharkhand legal Services Authority (JHAlSA) along with State Government enters limca Book of Records (lBC) for opening legal literacy Clubs at a time in 500 government-run schools including Kasturba Gandhi Schools in the State as well as for organising 3rd University lok Adalat where Rs127.54 crore were disbursed to 5578 beneficiaries in a day.
Talking to the media persons at ‘Nyaya Sadan’ in Ranchi, Executive Chairman of JHAlSA and Judge of Jharkhand High Court Justice DN Patel said that Jharkhand was all set to achieve another landmark by constructing a Children and Observation Home exclusively for females in Deoghar having a capacity of lodging 400 girls in it.
“Since Jharkhand is the leader in these two fields, the move has also been appreciated by Supreme Court during the meetings where NAlSA Chairman asked the representatives coming from other States to follow the suit in their States. Credit goes to Governor Droupadi Murmu, Chief Minister Raghubar Das, State Education Department as well as the officers and staff of JHAlSA who contributed their best to make it happen,” said Justice Patel on Sunday.
legal literacy Clubs in 500 government-run schools of the State were jointly inaugurated by Governor Droupadi Murmu, Chief Minister Raghubar Das and Judges of the Supreme Court of India and the High Court of Jharkhand on December 10 in Ranchi. Each school was provided 250 sets of books on legal literacy having 50 books in each of the sets for setting up legal literacy.
The move was aimed at providing legal knowledge to the students including their rights and duties, which would ultimately help them grow as a better citizen and would also help eradicating a number of social evils from the State. Besides that Jharkhand is also a leader in the field of equipping courts with Solar Energy and providing victim compensation, he said.
“We are also far ahead of other States in the field of equipping our courts with Solar Energy and victim compensation,” said the Executive Chairperson. JHAlSA was soon going to organise another Mega lok Adalat for the cases related to land revenue in the State, he added.
Justice Patel further added that JHAlSA, in association with the Government of Jharkhand is all set to achieve another landmark soon in the field of setting up Children and Observation Home exclusively for females spread over 7 acres of land in Deoghar.
“This female Children and Observation Home at Deoghar will be first of its kind in the Country where there will be two halls with a sitting capacity of 350 persons each. It will also have separate arrangements of training for girls and will have a capacity of lodging 400 girls in it,” said Justice Patel. It will be fully owned, managed and controlled by the State Government having a budget of 21 crores, he added.
“Central Coal Fields limited is also to provide funds for it under Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) and foundation stone for the same is likely to be laid in the month of June or July this year,” said Justice Patel.