BSS, Gaibandha :
Speakers at a function here have stressed the need for ensuing legal aid services to the poor, distressed victims and other needy litigants of the society to help them get justice.
The judges, lawyers, police and others concerned should have to work together with cordiality and sincerity along with service-oriented zeal as the government is committed to ensuring legal aid services to the poor people for free, they said.
They made the comments while addressing a quarterly meeting of district legal aid, upazila legal aid and union legal aid committee in the conference room of the district judge on Tuesday afternoon with district and sessions judge Rasheda Sultana in the chair.
In association with Community Legal Services, District Legal Aid Committee (DLAC) and SKS Foundation, under its Strengthening Community Legal Services in Northern Bangladesh project funded by UKAID, jointly organized the meeting on how to strengthen the activities of the committee to expedite their legal aid services.
Moderated by senior assistant judge and district legal aid officer M. Rawshan Alam, the meeting was also addressed, among others, by additional district and sessions judge M. Shariful Islam, chief judicial magistrate M. Shahidullah, additional district magistrate M. Shafiqul Islam, acting Sadar upazila chairman Rashida Begum, Sadar UNO Ashraful Momin Khan, assistant police super Fakruzzaman Jewel, coordinator of SKS Foundation Ismail Hossain and programme coordinator Sarder Lutful Kabir Sazu.
The speakers said as the people are equal in the eyes of the law, emphasis should be given on bringing all the victimized people under the legal aid coverage, whatever and whenever they need, to protect their fundamental human rights.
In this context, it should be wise to place importance on close coordination between the works of all the development organizations and the judiciary in a bid to build a network to get positive results in this regard, they added.
Earlier, the overall activities of the legal aid committee and the project were presented by SKS monitoring officer Sumal Barman through a multimedia projector.
District and sessions judge Rashed Sultana, also the chairman of the DLAC, in her speech said only the judiciary or any single organization cannot ensure legal aid to the underprivileged people of the society.
A comprehensive effort of all is very essential and a responsive media role is also important in this regard as the journalists can make the people aware through publishing positive reports in their respective mediums for achieving the goal, she added.
A total of 35 judicial officials, government officials, public representatives, social workers, and NGO representatives including journalists participated in the programme.
Speakers at a function here have stressed the need for ensuing legal aid services to the poor, distressed victims and other needy litigants of the society to help them get justice.
The judges, lawyers, police and others concerned should have to work together with cordiality and sincerity along with service-oriented zeal as the government is committed to ensuring legal aid services to the poor people for free, they said.
They made the comments while addressing a quarterly meeting of district legal aid, upazila legal aid and union legal aid committee in the conference room of the district judge on Tuesday afternoon with district and sessions judge Rasheda Sultana in the chair.
In association with Community Legal Services, District Legal Aid Committee (DLAC) and SKS Foundation, under its Strengthening Community Legal Services in Northern Bangladesh project funded by UKAID, jointly organized the meeting on how to strengthen the activities of the committee to expedite their legal aid services.
Moderated by senior assistant judge and district legal aid officer M. Rawshan Alam, the meeting was also addressed, among others, by additional district and sessions judge M. Shariful Islam, chief judicial magistrate M. Shahidullah, additional district magistrate M. Shafiqul Islam, acting Sadar upazila chairman Rashida Begum, Sadar UNO Ashraful Momin Khan, assistant police super Fakruzzaman Jewel, coordinator of SKS Foundation Ismail Hossain and programme coordinator Sarder Lutful Kabir Sazu.
The speakers said as the people are equal in the eyes of the law, emphasis should be given on bringing all the victimized people under the legal aid coverage, whatever and whenever they need, to protect their fundamental human rights.
In this context, it should be wise to place importance on close coordination between the works of all the development organizations and the judiciary in a bid to build a network to get positive results in this regard, they added.
Earlier, the overall activities of the legal aid committee and the project were presented by SKS monitoring officer Sumal Barman through a multimedia projector.
District and sessions judge Rashed Sultana, also the chairman of the DLAC, in her speech said only the judiciary or any single organization cannot ensure legal aid to the underprivileged people of the society.
A comprehensive effort of all is very essential and a responsive media role is also important in this regard as the journalists can make the people aware through publishing positive reports in their respective mediums for achieving the goal, she added.
A total of 35 judicial officials, government officials, public representatives, social workers, and NGO representatives including journalists participated in the programme.
