Nagaland state legal services authority (NSLSA) established a legal aid clinic in the ADC Office, Pughoboto on July 14.

The clinic was inaugurated by Peter Lichamo, ADC Pughoboto in the presence of the member secretary & panel lawyers of the Nagaland state legal services authority and public leaders, DBs, GBs & women groups.

The objective of the legal aid clinic is to provide free legal service to the villagers of the Pughoboto area who are living away from the seats of Justice & the Office of the Legal Services Institutions.

The aim of the scheme is to provide a local machinery for rendering free legal services of basic nature like legal advice, drafting a petition, notices, replies, simple applications and other documents of legal importance and also for resolving the disputes of the local people by making the parties to see reason and thereby preventing the disputes reaching courts.

The legal services of a higher level will refer the matter to the legal services institutions in the district and the state authority when required.

Peter Lichamo, ADC in his address said Pughoboto was fortunate to get a free Legal Aid Clinic and encouraged the people to grab the opportunity and use it for the overall good of the people of the area. The legal aid clinic will be manned by trained para legal volunteers and occasional visit by panel lawyers.

Mayang. Lima, member secretary, NSLSA was accompanied by a group of panel lawyers who spoke on different topics during the program; Tongpang, Nuksungtila, Akumla, Jeviholi, Anungla and Alemwapang the expert trainer of para legal volunteers spoke the occasion.