Delhi University is hosting legal aid clinics to offer free advice on questions of law and consultations on matters like property rights.
Para-legal training
The clinics, which will also impart para-legal training to DU students and teachers, have been set up in association with the Delhi State Legal Services Authority (DSLSA) at the university’s Gandhi Bhawan and Campus Law Centre.
Advocate deputed
“DSLSA has deputed an advocate to visit the clinics every Friday between 3 p.m. and 5 p.m. and take the queries of visitors. The clinics are not restricted just to the DU fraternity but are open to all,” Nisha Tyagi, Deputy Dean (Academics), Gandhi Bhawan, told PTI .
“ Even the literate are illiterate as to the legal nitty-gritty. There are so many issues like property rights, harassment laws, and domestic violence, which a common man wishes to know about, but finds law books too heavy a dose,” Ms. Tyagi said.
DSLSA has set up several such clinics in the past, including in jails.
These clinics are manned by a senior professor, legal aid counsels, and a team of para-legal volunteers.
Advocate RK Bachchan, who visits the DU legal aid clinics, said, “I was surprised to see a greater number of girls visiting these. They have queries pertaining to eve- teasing, dowry prohibition, property inheritance, and domestic violence.” — PTI
