Legal Aid Services Authority visits earthquake victims

Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, May 3: On the directions of the Chief Justice (Patron-in-Chief) and Executive Chairman J&K State Legal Services Authority, a core group was constituted by Brij Mohan Gupta, Chairman District Legal Services Authority, Bhaderwah, District Doda, as per the scheme provided under Legal Services Act, for the disaster victims.
The core group under the supervision of Brij Mohan Gupta, Principal District and Sessions Judge, Bhaderwah and comprising Kamlesh Pandit, Sub-Judge, Bhaderwah, Meyank Gupta, Munsiff Bhaderwah, Advocate N P Khajuria, President Bar Association Bhaderwah and Advocates P K Parihar, Abdul Wahid, Manjit Razdhan and Sunil Sharma visited the people affected due to earthquake.
It was found on visiting SDH Hospital Bhaderwah that all the patients including earth quake victims were being treated nicely in temporary make shifts installed in open space of the hospital premises.
The core group convened a meeting with the district administration headed by DC Doda for the better implementation of SUPRA. A temporary legal aid clinic under the chairmanship of Kamlesh Pandit, Chairman Tehsil Legal Services Authority Bhaderwah has been established in SDH Bhaderwah to provide legal services and awareness to the earthquake victims.