REPORT ON LEGAL AID CAMP AT AATEKARWADI

NAME OF THE STUDENT: Mahadeo Nalawade

CLASS/YEAR:- L.L.B 2ND YEAR 2018-2019.

SUBJECT NAME: Law of Taxation

TEACHER NAME: Ms Suvarna Minde

DATE: 20-03-2019

PLACE: Pune
 REPORT ON LEGAL AID CAMP AT ATEKARWADI
On Wednesday 23rd January, 2019 Tilak Maharashtra University (Law Collage)
organized a legal aid camp in the village of Aatekarwadi, Sinhgad Pune. All the Students
of BA+BBA LL.B participated and Principal- Dr. Annie John Professor, college of Law,
accompanied the students in this camp.

Introduction: -
Access to justice is essential for rule of law. Access to justice, enable citizens to have
their voices heard, exercise their rights and challenge discrimination. Access to Justice is not
confined to court based legal services. It extends to making people aware about their
entitlements under various enactments and welfare schemes and programmers and
strengthening their access to the same. Some Legal Awareness Camps are being held by the
State Legal Services Authorities to make people aware about their entitlements and apprise
them about the availability of free legal services.
In most of the camps, it has been observed, only creating of awareness is focused on.
There is a need to effect paradigm shift from awareness to empowerment. For this to happen,
a new Model of holding Legal Services Camp is required which would not only make people
aware about their entitlements and procedural aspects relating to the same but also connect
them to the welfare schemes meant for them. Delivery based Model for holding Legal
Services Camp is required.

Aim of legal aid camp

Legal Awareness
Target population, as per the kind of activity, will be made more aware of the legal issue that
is being taken up by members of the Legal Aid Centre. This awareness will be created through
personal interaction, through pamphlets & posters, and through various other similar modes.

Legal Literacy
Target population, as per the kind of activity, will be taught how to draft very basic legal
documents, like, ‘writing complaint’, ‘writing application under the R.T.I. Act’, ‘drafting an
affidavit’, and similar other documents.
Core Legal Aid
The aided person/s, as per requirement of the situation/case, will be given core legal aid,
like, ‘giving advice as per the legal provisions’, ‘bringing aided person/s before legal
forum/authority’, ‘presenting case of the aided person/s before legal authority/forum’, and
similar other activities.

Student’s Achievements
Students briefed them about various topics such as Consumer awareness, Right to
information, FIR (First Information Report) ,Right of a person detained in the custody , Free
Legal aid, , Swacch Bharat Abhiyan , Rights of Women and children, Child Marriage , Sukanya
Samridhi Yojana , Right to Education , female feticide, Importance of girl child and some
various other topics related to their daily lives. Villagers including farmers, business men,
young boys, women, Children and old people, all have participated and they also interacted
with the students. Meanwhile some of the villagers asked various questions regarding their
rights and duties.
Some of them also shared their problems which they facing professionally and asked
for the solutions from the students ,students answered them in a brief way and told them
every actual possible way to solve their problems. Some of the students distributed some
forms as well like, how we can avail the Free legal aid and what is the actual procedure of
availing it .It was a very well conducted program by the school of law.
Students tried to help them legally in every possible way. They even invited students
again to visit their village and want more legal aid camps like this in the future so that they
can get the maximum benefits.

Conclusion:
Legal aid is the simple concept of providing justice to all the citizens of a nation. It is
meant especially for the ones who cannot afford to hire lawyers and fight for justice or for
them who are not even aware of their legal rights. In our country, Legal Services Authority
Act makes it a compulsion for all the legal schools to participate in providing legal aid to the
society. There are several law schools in India which have their own legal aid clinics. Legal
schools are the major colleges where undergraduate law courses are offered. These
institutions are an exception in the field of education. They make the law makers and
counselors for the country; they make lawyers for the country, for the successful application
of the law in the country.
These law schools participate in the deliverance of legal aid to the citizens. These
institutions and the participation of the students can play a great role if their efforts are
placed into the right direction. All the law schools are playing some or the other role to
enhance the role of legal aid in India. Though some are not at all satisfactory, there are some
who if given a little more support may become a great help to the society. The law students
can be of great help to the society. Being students, they will gain experience and they will
have all resources like time and a nominal amount of money to invest in doing good deeds
like this. Setting up seminars, going to the masses, visiting the jails and doing other activities
can help to bring a change in the society.

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