MOHALI: Amid surging cases of Covid-19, the District Legal
Services Authority (DLSA), UT Chandigarh organised Summer E-Internship
programme for budding law professionals.
50 students of Aryans College of Law, Rajpura, Near Chandigarh were selected under this E-
Internship programme. The Interns came across various eminent
personalities who gave an insight into the Legal Aid and services
mechanism besides literacy programmes and schemes framed for "Access
to Justice for All".
During this 2 weeks long E- Internship various legal
experts, psychologists and social reformers from Chandigarh including
Sh Ashok Kr Mann; CJM-cum- Secretary, DLSA; Sh Rajeshwar Singh, Law
Officer, State Legal Service Authority (SLSA); Ms. Seema Pascricha,
Master Trainers of Mediation, Sh Neil Roberts, Chief Coordinator,
DLSA; Dr Satinder Kaur; Chairperson, Child Welfare Committee; Dr
Madanjit Sahota; Member, Juvenile Justice Board; Sh J. S. Jayra;
Principal, Institute for the Blind; Mr. Dhananjay & Mr Simranjit Singh
representing transgender Community; Sh V.K. Kapoor (Retd IPS); Member,
Permanent Lok Adalat; Sh Vikramjeet Godwani; Incharge, Protection
Home; Ms Sonal Kalia, Sr. Supervisor, Women & Child Helpline (181); Dr
Upneet Lalli, Deputy Director, Institute of Correctional
Administration etc adressed the interns on different social and legal
subjects.
Dr Anshu Kataria, Chairman, Aryans Group extended gratitude
to Hon'ble Mr Justice Jaswant Singh, Judge Punjab and Haryana High
Court cum Executive Chairman, State Legal Services Authority for
giving the students an opportunity to interact with the team at Legal
Service Authority. He further expressed his thankfullness to Sh Ashok
Kr Mann, CJM cum Secretary, DLSA and his team and said that the
knowledge and experience of grass root realties gained at the initial
stage of academic pursuit would be immensely valuable in professional
career of the students.
Ms Puneet Kaur and Mr Ankur Garg, interns from Aryans
College of Law stated that they had wonderful experience learning with
resource persons of DLSA, UT Chandigarh who made them aware about the
problems and challenges being faced by certain sections because of
social and economic barriers.