Society for child development announces legal aid cell and online legal aid The Need: The problems faced by the persons with disabilities are varied and complex and needs appropriate intervention to resolve them. Albeit Judiciary is the most popular and conventional mechanism of dispute settlement, experience shows that the judicial process—even though effective—is in most cases time consumed and expensive. While it is acknowledged that certain case need judicial intervention due to the nature of the issues involved, many of these can be settled amicably outside the Court through Alternative means of Dispute Resolution (ADR) I.E. negotiation, conciliation, and so on. ADR cells in many parts of India have been running successfully.the coordinator of the proposed cell, Ms. Anuroopa Giliyal has had four years of experience in running similar cells in Bangalore. While bringing the same experience to Delhi, the Society Of Child Development (SFCD) has started a legal aid cell—an exclusive initiative to resolve problems of persons with disabilities. At the cell, apart from the facilitating settlement, legal opinion and legal representation in cases where judicial intervention is the best option, is also provided. Although SFCD offers services to all persons with disabilities, primary focus will be on those from economically backward groups and persons with mental disabilities (mental retardation and mental illness), their service providers and care givers.
Functioning of the Cell: The legal cell will function five days a week (Mon to Fri) beetween 10 Am-1 pm at the SFCD Premises at M 63, Ground floor, Lajpat Nagar II, New Delhi. Clients will be seen with prior appointment. Phone: 41727004, contact person: Ms Anuroopa Giliyal. Online Legal Cell: Further, as part of this initiative, SFCD also started an online legal cell on their website at www.disabilityindia.org where legal opinion is provided free of cost. The best feature of this cell is that it catters exclusively to persons with disabilities. Queries from all over the country on various issues relating to disability are responded to at the online cell. Dr. Madhumita Puri, Society For Child Development, thanks, mukesh jain. To unsubscribe send a message to [email protected] with the subject unsubscribe. To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please visit the list home page at http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in
