Legal Awareness Marketing campaign Held at Campbell Bay to Empower Citizens

Tarun Karthick

Campbell Bay, 04 December 2022

A marketing campaign to ‘Empower Citizens through Legal Awareness and Outreach’ & ‘Haq Humara bhi to hai @75’ was held at Community Hall, Campbell Bay of Great Nicobar Island on third December 2022.

Numerous residents, officers and college college students participated within the authorized consciousness marketing campaign.

Mr. Indranil Ray, Ld.Judicial Magistrate First Class, JMFC Court, Campbell Bay, Mr. Sri Ram Singh, Ld. Advocate and Mr. Babu Subramani, Ld. APP spoke on totally different provisions beneath IPC, CrPC, Motor Vehicles Act, POCSO Act, Domestic Violence Act and so on.

Earlier the programme began with the official of the Health Department informing the individuals concerning the course of to vary the title of a kid on the delivery certificates. Mr. Indranil Ray additionally gave his enter on the method to be adopted for altering the title of a person and the significance of retaining the doc secure after the title change has been effected.

Mr. Gaurav Banerjee, SHO, PS Campbell Bay defined to the residents, the penalties and different provisions, if a minor is discovered driving a motorized vehicle. He requested the individuals to chorus from offering a Motor Vehicle to a minor. He additional spoke on the results of drunk driving and requested the residents to chorus from driving a Motor Vehicle drunk. Mr. Banerjee additionally spoke on totally different provisions beneath the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012 and requested minors beneath 18 to come back ahead and report any type of Sexual Abuse, Bad Touch and so on. to the police, their mother and father & members of the family or anybody they belief. He defined to the youngsters that the policemen and police ladies are their buddies and that everybody within the police will assist and help them. He mentioned, beneath POCSO Act, 2012 any youngster no matter their gender can report abuse, he clarified that POCSO Act, 2012 doesn’t discriminate between a boy and a woman.

Mr. Brij Mohan Meena, SDPO, Campbell Bay spoke on substance abuse by School Children and requested the scholars to chorus from utilizing any type of addictive substance. He additionally spoke on the prevalent observe of unlawful commerce of liquor and requested the individuals to chorus from buying and selling liquor illegally. 

Mr. Babu Subramani, Ld. APP spoke on the provisions of ‘The Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005’ and requested the individuals to report any type of home violence they arrive throughout in society. 

Mr. Indranil Ray, Ld. Judicial Magistrate First Class elaborated on inputs given by all audio system and defined the assorted provisions beneath totally different legal guidelines in simple language to the individuals. He additionally answered all questions put ahead by the individuals in the course of the interactive session. 

Mr. Sriram Singh, Ld. Advocate spoke on provisions beneath totally different legal guidelines and defined varied related provisions to the individuals.