WAN ÏUH KJAT U CHIEF JUSTICE KA RI INDIA HA RIBHOI | PLIE PAIDBAH IAKA MEGA CUM AWARENESS PROGRAM

Added: 2026-05-10

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[00:03:02]May I also invite honorable justice revati mo chief justice high court of uh mlia patron and chief of Heat.

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[00:05:06]Over the past 5 years, 14 such camps have been conducted benefiting thousands of people covering about nine districts in the state.

[00:05:31]The emphasis is from legal awareness and on the spot legal aid to medical services to enrollment in welfare schemes, spot registration of health insurance scheme, disability certificates, RR cards, pension scheme and other capacity building initiatives.

[00:05:55]Complimenting these efforts is the back to school campaign launched in 2023 aimed at reincipating children in formal education or facilitating vocational pathways.

[00:06:10]Early indications suggest a hardening uptake in school reenrollment and academic progression.

[00:06:19]The main objective of such mega legal camp is to bridge the gap between the citizen and the government and also to bridge the gap between the citizens and the judicial.

[00:06:33]The legal system and the state have over time put in place a range of mechanisms intended ensure legal assistance and extend welfare benefits.

[00:06:47]However, it must be acknowledged that the existence of such measures does not by itself ensure their effective utilization.

[00:06:58]The difficulty often lies in the distance between the system and the individual.

[00:07:05]The distance may arise from lack of awareness, from procedural complexities or from the inability to an individual to navigate institutional processes.

[00:07:18]It is in this context that programs of this nature assume importance as they intended to reduce that distance by making information available by bringing institutions closer to the community and by facilitating access in a manner that is both practical and informed.

[00:07:43]This mega camp is not only an event but it is a promise. A promise to the people for whom this camp is organized for that legal help will not need a long journey and that government services will not mean endless visits.

[00:08:04]The National Legal Services Authority and Negal State Legal Services Authority have been established to precisely address these concerns by providing legal assistance where required and by ensuring that access to justice is not contingent upon economic or social position or geographical location.

[00:08:31]The effort however must be continuous.

[00:08:35]The chief justice of India's presence here today is significant.

[00:08:40]Your lordship with your presence you have shown us that justice is not just a structure in Delhi or in any state but justice is a promise that must walk and reach every village howsoever small or remote.

[00:08:59]Time and again the chief justice of India has urged the judiciary to be proactive to be compassionate and to uh and to use technology not to create distance but to reduce it.

[00:09:15]Dr. you have reminded us that the constitution is not just a document but a living promise to the last citizen.

[00:09:25]for being here. We are eternally grateful and we welcome you with pride and affection.

[00:09:32]Just as we are, we welcome you not just as a guest but as family. As a distinguished son of the northeast, you carry the story of the people of Northeast to the Supreme Court.

[00:09:46]law should you understand the customary practices and the unique challenges faced by the people in the northeast in particular in the remote and hilly ter areas. You have always said that legal services in this region must speak in a language the people here understand not just hi bantya or asamese but the language of trust.

[00:10:16]Your presence here is reassuring and so we welcome you with pride and joy.

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[00:10:38]So I on my behalf on behalf of India I truly uh welcome you and appreciate the effort that you come to visit here to be with the people listen to the premise more importantly shows that the court is not the other institution but the court is there to serve the society.

[00:10:59]I'm very thankful to uh justice you are or dear from the northeast and you know very well how the legal system in the northeast how the tribal people have delivered the justice. Your presence in Supreme Court will enable us enable the executive unable judiciary help integrate the legal values which the tribal people have done in their effort to resolve the any dispute to resolve any prevails so that the legal system will be delivered in the uh very fast and more importantly to show that the justice is delivered.

[00:11:49]The government of NA has set up the media state legal service authority in July 1998 to ensure that legal aid program and scheme are implemented in its letter and spread through the state.

[00:12:04]In order to ensure that the objective or act are trans MSLSA have devised a comprehensive legal service program in the form of step action plan effort have been made when training the program activities to ensure that they adapt to the local situation so that they can ethically address the problems faced by the people of the state at the same time to be in constant with the national plan of action. It is expected that these activities will be carried out in a letter and spirit under the benefit actually reach the targeted section society leading us towards a pool of access to just uh to justice for all.

[00:12:55]In finance of this objective, legal service institution have been established at the state level to ensure that free and competent legal service reach the weaker section of society. I'm truly delighted that my state legal service authority under the adult chairmanship of the honorable Mrs. Justice Riat D chief justice of high court of India and the chief has taken the initiative to organize this important program a program under the meaningful team bridging the gap. It is partly happening that a matter of great honor that honorable justice chief justice of India and chief of NLSA is be here with us here today. I would also like to place on record my sincere appreciation to Mia state legal service authority for its dissecting this venue the rural part of our state. This decision is both strategic and commendable as it bring medical awareness directly to the doorstep of those who need the most. By organizing this program in rural setting, the authority has ensured greater participation from local communities enabling the people from the remote areas to actively engage, understand and benefit from v various service and weather scheme being offered. Citizens have been expected to travel towards the situation.

[00:14:37]This problem instead recognizes that if access remains difficult the institution themselves must travel towards the people. The institution must reach out the institution must go to the people to those who are entitled to the several language. I'm informed and as rightly pointed out by the chief justice also in her speech that mega camps are being organized by the meal state legal service authority from last more than 5 years.

[00:15:14]I believe more than 19,000 participants across the state have been benefited.

[00:15:20]These camps are brought together legal aid organizations, welfare departments, healthcare providers, educational authorities and selfhelp groups under one integrated platform.

[00:15:32]This model is extremely significant because poverty and vulnerability are really single dimensional problems. A person seeking legal assistance may simultaneously require healthcare access, disability certification, educational support for children, rehabilitation assistance or livelihood opportunities.

[00:15:58]Therefore it is very essential that under one roof all these schemes when welfare scheme implemented the government department the organization legal parallegal volunteer legal council all of them join hands and work together in tandem. The deeper lesson of such initiatives like today's mega camp is that governance must become mobile decentralized and community oriented.

[00:16:28]This velocity must now inspire a wide ecosystem of outreach mechanism.

[00:16:35]For instance, mobile clinics can be regularly made to s to travel to remote and underserved areas especially in districts with difficult area. Such mobile units can provide legal counseling, assist with documentation and facilitate welfare enrollment.

[00:16:59]I agree that the role of paranal volunteers must be substantially expanded. Parallegal volunteers often become the first and most trusted point of contact for vulnerable communities.

[00:17:14]It is the parallel volunteers who understand the local languages. social realities and community concerns.

[00:17:22]Strengthening their recruit recruitment, providing them training and outreach capacities can dramatically improve cost by access to justice. There is also a compelling need to create legal awareness and facilitation as in public institutions that citizens regularly.

[00:17:44]Recently I had the opportunity to narrate an important initiative undertaken by Delhi state legal service authority involving the setting up of legal facilitation test in government hospitals across all the government hospitals in NCT of Delhi. The idea was simple. When citizens visit hospital during their most difficult moments, trained personnel can provide information regarding legal rights, victim compensation, welfare entitlements, and legal aid services.

[00:18:20]People should not have to feel overwhelmed by seeking benefits that they are already theirs by life.

[00:18:30]This model is of serious consideration and replication in different forms across the country. Why should legal awareness remain confined to court complexes alone? Why should assistance not be made available in schools, colleges, hospitals, post offices, community center, trans offices or public transport.

[00:18:54]Similarly, greater collaboration with schools, self-help groups, civil society organizations and community leaders can help improve legal literacy and institutional trust in regions such as where community participation remains deeply rooted. Outreach efforts become significantly more effective when locals are treated not merely as beneficiaries but as partners in justice delivery system.

[00:19:27]Ladies and gentlemen, very often we measure successful statists conducted or applications processed.

[00:19:42]These metrics are important. Here the deeper measure of success is whether a citizen standing at the margins feels that the system sees him, hears him and pays for a child returns to school through timely intervention. For when a person with disability no longer has to travel repeatedly for basic entitlements, constitutional values come alive in everyday life.

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[00:23:32]Every morning in a house begins with a race. shoes, slippers, everything on the ground. Mom's shouting for breakfast.

[00:23:41]What is >> that's hunting for geese and I'm in a hurry putting on my socks. Shillong's roads are always full. Honking cars, parents rushing, everyone trying to reach somewhere first. Then one day, the stems bus came to our lane. Big, bright, yellow, like sunshine on wheels. The bus is always on time. Archetical waves. It feels like family arriving. Inside, it's not just seeds and bags and uniforms.

[00:24:13]It's laughter, stories, songs, small little friendships growing every morning. We share snacks, helping homework, and learn to wait for each other. I think that's what community really means. Caring for people who share your role. When I see other parents dropping their kids one by one, I think, "Wow, if one bus can take 50 of us, that's 50 cars less on the road." My father says the bus helps save money.

[00:24:44]Because it's not just fuel we're saving, it's time, too. And time matters. And my mother knows exactly where I am, every turn, every stop. All thanks to the STEMs app on her phone. The bus feels safe. clean seats, big mirrors, and a careful driver. When a new student comes in, we always make space. And by the next stop, we're already laughing. When we reach school, our caretaker walks us right to the gate. And after school, the caretakers are always waiting, smiling as they walk us back to the bus. The caretaker feels this bus has made life easier. But to me, it made life a lot more happier. Because one bus doesn't just save money or time, it saves mornings. It gives us cleaner air, calmer roads, and families who can breathe a little easier. I think our city is growing smarter, not faster, just kind of. And every day, this bus carries something more than just us children. It carries stories, friendships, dreams, the small moments that slowly becomes memories and carrying a little bit of Malia's heart with them. Every day as the bus doors shut and the engine humps to life, I take a quiet moment to be grateful for the journey, for the care, and for everyone who makes it possible. This is stems, our right, our happiness, our tomorrow.