On Monday, the District Legal
Services Authority, Samba launched Ahata-e-Waqar (Day Care and Recreation
Centre for Senior Citizens), Vulnerable Witnesses Deposition
Complex and Crèche facility at District Court Complex.
The facilities were launched by
Chief Justice of the Jammu and Kashmir High Court, Justice Gita Mittal, also
the Patron-in- Chief of J&K State Legal Services Authority, during an
E-Inauguration ceremony.
In her Presidential address,
Justice Mittal called the facility a "place of pride" for Senior
Citizens. While stating its neccessities, she highlighted importance of
maintaining active help desks of Legal Services and also stressed upon Police
assistance where the Senior Citizens can seek legal advice.
She referred to the Vulnerable
Witnesses Deposition Complex as being a very important concept of dispensation
of justice where the vulnerable victims can depose in a "safe
environment" without any pressure or fear.
She further highlighted the importance of Crèche facility as being the need of the hour in the present times when both parents are working and require a safe and suitable place for their children simultaneous to their mental and physical health.
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In this e-inaugaration programme,
Justice Rajesh Bindal, Executive Chairman of SLSA, Justice Tashi Rabstan,
Justice Sanjeev Kumar, Justice Sindhu Sharma (Administrative Judge for District
Samba), Justice Rajnesh Oswal, Justice VC Koul, Justice Puneet Gupta and
Justice Javed Iqbal Wani, Judges High Court of Jammu and Kashmir were also the
attendee.
Judicial Officers, including
Principal District & Sessions Judge, Samba- Mohammad Akram Chowdhary, who
is also the Chairman of the DLSA, Samba, were also present online.
The programme was also attended
virtually by Senior Citizens, Advocates, Officers from the Administration, Para
Legal Volunteers and Retainer Lawyers of District Legal Services Authorities
and Social Activists.
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