Dimapur, July 17 (MExN): A total of 16 participants from the adjoining sub-divisions of Zunheboto attended a workshop on experience and performance sharing by Panel Lawyers and Para Legal Volunteers (PLVs) of ZDLSA on July 17 in the premises of the District Court Complex Zunheboto.
Judicial Magistrate First Class & Secretary of ZDLSA Atoka Achumi during his brief introduction highlighted the activities being undertaken by the DLSA in the district and the need for active participation by the Panel Lawyers and PLVs in effectively bringing legal aid services to the doorstep of the public.
A Panel Lawyer Easter H. Yepthomi, speaking on the role and functions of Para Legal Volunteers dwelled on the initiatives of the Zunheboto DLSA in providing legal aid services to impoverished and marginalised sections of the society.
Khetoholi Yepthomi, Legal cum Probation Officer, DCPU Zunheboto sensitized the participating PLVs on the salient features of the Juvenile Justice Act 2015. She also encouraged the PLVs to work selflessly for the upliftment of women and children in the villages.
The programme was chaired by PLV Rebecca Y. Chophy who apprised the participants on record keeping of their respective Legal Aid Centres and maintenance of daily activity registers by the PLVs.
Experience and performance sharing by the participating PLVs from the various Legal Aid Clinics and Centres was taken up wherein the PLVs put forth their opinions and suggestions on the implementation of legal aid programmes and activities.
The PLVs also shared their problems and other queries which was discussed openly and answered by the Panel Lawyers and resource persons. Legal literary booklets and materials were distributed to the participating PLVs for dissemination in their respective Legal Aid Centres, informed a press note from ZDLSA.
At present, the Zunheboto District Legal Service Authority is managing 10 Village Legal Care & Support Centres in the sub-divisions and a Legal Aid Clinic at District Jail Zunheboto, it said. A Combined Front Office in the 1st Floor of the District Court Building at Zunheboto is functional on all working days of the week for any legal aid related queries and legal literacy information, it added.
