Free Legal Aid and Awareness Session at Vivekananda Vidyamandir, Mathabhanga

14-05-2025

Date - 29th  April, 2025

Venue - Vivekananda Vidyamandir, Mathabhanga

Indian Institute of Legal Studies Cooch Behar undertakes various awareness activities in order to make people aware of their rights and duties. A variety of tools are used in order to achieve this objective like conducting seminars, lectures programmes in schools on legal issues. Specific issues are taken up for legal literacy programmes varying from place to place depending upon the needs of the students. Accordingly, an awareness programme was conducted by the Indian Institute of Legal Studies Cooch Behar at Vivekananda Vidyamandir School, Mathabhanga.

The session aimed to educate the young minds about their basic rights and duties  as a citizen of this country that are enshrined in the Constitution of India. The session also highlighted the areans of Anti Ragging Laws and its preventive measures . The session further put forwarded the rights and duties which are available to a consumer.

The session ended with an interaction on the significance of Legal awareness and education for the young minds.

Committee Members and the Topics -

1. Ms. Susmita Saha, Assistant Professor of Law - Career counseling and the Importance of Legal Education.

2. Mr. Altab Hossain, B.A.LL.B. (Sem. IX)- Juvenile Justice System :Legal Rights of Children in Conflict with Law and Children with Need and Protection.

3. Ms. Nayana Saha, B.A.LL.B (Sem- IX)- Legal Framework for Student's Rights and Anti-Defamation Laws.

4. Mr. Manu Das, LL.B (Sem- IV)- Consumer Rights: Awareness on Buying Products and Online shopping.

5. Mr. Shubham Sarkar, LL.B.(Sem. II)- Anti Ragging Laws and Discipline in Educational Institutions.