Mokokchung, December 11 (MTNews): Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul, Judge, Supreme Court of India and Executive Chairman, National Legal Services Authority said that there were many methods of resolving disputes among which the state of Nagaland have had a history of resolving disputes by traditional methods.
He said this while speaking during the inauguration of Legal Services Clinic at Patkai Christian College (Autonomous), Seithekema, Chumoükedima.
The judge said the idea was not to replace these methods but to learn from these methods that are in the society while adding that the judiciary was keen to protect the traditional cause and methods.
Kaul said the basic reason and endeavour for setting up a legal services institution is to use the methods by how the society is in place, whether it is post litigation or pre litigation.
“So, the work of the Legal Services Authority spreads to attending to their small legal needs and issues which may not be strictly called litigation methods but can also have the potentiality of meeting the needs,” he underscored.
The Judge also added that if there were no court institutions, people will take the disputes into their own hands and it would cause violence in turn.
Kaul meanwhile pointed that the method of resolve also helps us to keep litigation out of the court knowing the amount of litigation the court has in this country.
Keeping in mind the motto of legal services authority, “access to justice for all,” he said the culture of settlement should begin from educational institutions which was also a method of building together a better society, without impeding the interest of others, recognizing where the boundary line lies and why the issue is prevailing.
Justice Lanusungkum Jamir, Judge Gauhati High Court, Kohima Bench and Executive Chairman, Nagaland State Legal Services Authority said in his address that the legal services is to develop and promote culture of conciliation instead of litigation so that the people of the state prefer to resolve the disputes and differences in the spirit of goodwill and brotherhood. He therefore added that the legal aid scheme in the state must seek the help of the local body institutions and also the district administration for creating legal awareness amongst the people.
While informing that with the establishment of the LSC in the college, the number of LSCs in the state has become 132 in total, the Executive Chairman hoped and expected that through the LSC in the college, justice will be taught and the notion of justice will be disseminated to the people of the state.
Justice Songkhupchung Serto, Judge Gauhati High Court Kohima Bench in his address said it is a significant and historical day not only for Nagaland but the Northeast. He said the setting up of the clinic here will help people of this college and its surrounding areas to get things done through lawful means.
“I have no doubt that it is going to add a dimension to the already existing college and will pursue to impact the society. It will be a place for empowerment and transformation,” he said.
Earlier, Margaret Shishak School of Music presented the NSLSA theme song and Spring Buds Children’s Home, Dimapur presented a special song.
NSLSA Member Secretary Victo Sema pronounced the vote of thanks and Dr. Thepfuvilie Pierü, Principal, PCC (Autonomous) gave the welcome address.