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Imphal, Sept 24:
District Legal Services Authority, Thoubal under the aegis of Manipur State Legal Services Authority organized a one day refresher course/training programme for the PLVs of DLSA, Thoubal.
The event was organized in view of enhancing the knowledge of the PLVs of the various Social Welfare Schemes under Social Welfare Department, Govt. of Manipur as well as refreshing their knowledge on various basic laws and procedures as well as polishing their skills in conducting mediation of disputes, legal knowledge of common laws etc.
The event was attended by Binny Ngangom, Chairperson, DLSA, Thoubal, Masana Panmei, Secretary, DLSA, Thoubal, A. Kameshwar Singh, DSWO, Thoubal as well as CH. Momon Singh, Advocate Member, MASLSA as presidium members.
In her welcome address, Masana Panmei mentioned the PLVs as the bridge between common people and the legal service institutions to remove impediments/barriers in access to justice; those who reach out to the people at their doorsteps rather than people approaching the same. Binny Ngangom also mentioned the increasing importance of the role of PLVs with increasing pressure and volume of cases in the Courts.
In the first session of the programme, A. Kameshwar Singh, DSWO, Thoubal spoke about various welfare schemes for the old aged, widows, orphaned and differently abled persons and what role PLVs could take in increasing the outreach and awareness of these schemes of various corners of the District.
In the second session, Ch. Momon Singh gave a brief introduction of what is law, why the public need to be aware of it and what role the PLVs could take to do the same. He further elaborated on common litigations and disputes such as marital, money dispute, property dispute etc. He further gave a brief overview of Juvenile Justice Care and Protection Act, what Police can and can’t do during arresting, detailed information regarding FIR etc.
The programme was attended by about 30 PLVs from Thoubal and Kakching Districts under the aegis of DLSA, Thoubal
