Right to Information- Legal Awareness

Right to Information- Legal Awareness

Mrs U.Ragavee and Mrs U.Raga Jothi from the Department of Labour Law organized a Two days Legal Awareness Camp at Yercaud (08.11.19 to 10.11.2019). The camp was organized to create Legal Awareness among the people. The camp aimed to make the rural mass aware about different laws and their rights; the people who are not getting the benefits under various government welfare schemes and laws due to lack of awareness and official apathy.

Our Students visited villages in Yercaud. The camp also aimed to spread awareness about the legal rights and implementation of laws for the gender equity, right of work place, Right to Information Act, Importance of Lok Adalat, role of PIL and Legal Service Authorities. In the camps, legal information were given to rural mass about the mental and physical exploitation, Rights of a Scheduled Tribe, poverty alleviation, unorganised labour, Women’s rights, child labour, child marriage, Child protection, JJ Acts, Fundamental rights. Our students provided legal remedy to the people as the Legal awareness helps to promote consciousness of legal culture, participation in the formation of laws and the rule of law.