Mangalore, November 23: In a bid to create legal awareness among the people, particularly those from rural areas, the District Legal Service Authority has launched `Kanoonu Saksharata Ratha' (legal literacy chariot) and mobile Janata court.
The chariot was flagged off by Chief Executive Officer of Dakshina Kannada Zilla Panchayat Dr K N Vijayaprakash on Friday at the premises of District court here.
The chariot which would tour the district for three days intended to create awareness among rural people about laws and court proceedings.
Speaking on the occasion, Mangalore Bar Association President P Ashok Ariga said Dakshina Kannada district has bagged fourth place in Mega Loka Adalath. In the previous year, Lok Adalat has succeeded in settling 1,500 cases through conciliation in just three-days of period in the district, he said. This year, from April 1 to November 20, as many as 7592 cases were settled, he said.
He said that the legal chariot, besides creating awareness among the people, would also settle disputes over public utility services pertaining to revenue, police, social and family welfare, labour etc. Senior officers of various departments would be present during the programme and help settle the disputes out of court.
Out-going Deputy Commissioner Dr N S Channappa Gowda, Ashok G Nijagannavar, Principal district and sessions judge and chairman, district legal services authority, Assistant Commissioner for Labour D G Nagesh, Deputy Director of Women and Children Welfare Department Shakunthala, Children Welfare Committee Chairperson Asha Nayak and others were present.
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