Social Initiative

AVAGAHANA’22
JUVENILE JUSTICE IN INDIA AND JUVENILE REHABILITATION: SOCIO-LEGAL IMPLICATIONS FOR CHILDREN (12TH FEBRUARY, 2022).

The panel discussion highlighted the dire need to understand and cater to the requirements of both children in conflict with law and children in need of protection under law. The panelists also highlighted on the necessity to make the juvenile justice system more accommodative.

DEBATE COMPETITION [7TH FEBRUARY 2022]

A debate competition on "Walking the Line between Off-putting and Illegality - Should juveniles be Punished or Rehabilitated?" was organized as a part of Avagahana’22.

PANEL DISCUSSION ON "THE ERA OF DIGITALIZATION: RIGHTS AND CHALLENGES" [29TH JANUARY 2022]

The panel discussion gave crucial insights into the topics of rights and challenges of digitalization, privacy related issues of data governance and non-privacy related implications of increasing digitalization.

EXHIBITION ON LEGAL SERVICES ACTIVITIES CONDUCTED BY THE RANGA REDDY DLSA [20th of October, 2021]

The Legal Aid Centre, Symbiosis Law School, Hyderabad organized the exhibition of various awareness campaigns and legal service programs that were to familiarize the public with the functions and mechanisms of the DLSA and to enhance the deliverability of various legal services.

LEGAL AWARENESS CAMP CONDUCTED IN COLLABORATION WITH RANGA REDDY DLSA [18th of October, 2021]

The Legal Aid Centre, Symbiosis Law School, Hyderabad conducted a camp with an aim to spread awareness on the rights and duties of responsible citizens, to familiarize the general public with the concept of free legal aid, right to speedy trial and other legal remedies and to acquaint the masses with the functioning of the court mechanisms.

VISIT TO THE HELPING HANDS FOUNDATION [3rd of October, 2021]

The Members of the Legal Aid Centre visited the Helping Hands Foundation and created awareness to the children of the foundation about the various cyber crimes which are a threat to the society and taught the girls of how to be cyber safe. The members also created awareness on career counseling.

VISIT TO OBSERVATION HOMES FOR BOYS, SAIDABAD, TELANGANA [20th of September, 2021]

The members of the Legal Aid Centre visited the observation homes for boys and had a fruitful conversation on the operation of observation homes and first-time child offenders. The members also decided on getting bail money for potential children.

PARA LEGAL VOLUNTEERING: RANGA REDDY DISTRICT LEGAL SERVICES AUTHORITY [16th and 17th August, 2021]

The trainees from the Legal Aid Centre, Symbiosis Law School, Hyderabad, were familiarized with the role of Para Legal Volunteers (PLVs) and introduced to various crucial laws and schemes.

CELEBRATION OF PRIDE MONTH [9th June - 30th June, 2021]

The Legal Aid Centre, Symbiosis Law School, Hyderabad introduced to its audience this year's Pride Month celebration that aimed to educate them on the history and significance of this month. The Centre achieved the same through posters on the rights of transgender community, significance of pronouns, ways to support LGBTQIA+ community and media and queer representation. The Centre also conducted a session on Twitter Space on Inclusivity and Intersectionality of the Queer Community by inviting two speakers, Jayati Mathur, Founder of Wajood Society, and Neeti Ravindra, Co-founder of the Firefly Community for the same.

PANEL DISCUSSION ON "GLOBAL TEXTILE AND APPAREL SECTOR: THE DIMINISHING RIGHTS OF ARTISANS AMIDST THE FAST-PACED WORLD" [17th of April, 2021]

The Legal Aid Centre of Symbiosis Law School, Hyderabad organized a panel discussion providing an interesting perspective into the highly technical knowledge involved in handloom production and the importance of Intellectual property laws to protect this knowledge along with an insight into the present status of the handloom industry and solutions to preserve and improve the handloom industry in India.

VIRTUAL SESSION ON CYBER VOLUNTEER TRAINING PROGRAM [4th of March, 2021]

The Women Safety Wing, Telangana State Police, in collaboration with the Legal Aid Centre, Symbiosis Law School, Hyderabad, Save the Children and Lead Life Foundation organized a virtual session on “Cyber Volunteer Training Program” conducted by Mr. Rakshit Tandon, Cyber Security Expert, on March 4th 2021, from 9:00 am onwards, via zoom. The virtual session was conducted and split into three slots.

AWARENESS PROGRAMME AS PART OF THE INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY 2021[1st March-8th March, 2021]

The Legal Aid Centre of Symbiosis Law School, Hyderabad in collaboration with the Women Safety Wing, Telangana State Police and organizing partners Lead Life Foundation and Save the Children, conducted a week-long awareness program, on the occasion of the International Women’s Day, with its aim being not only to provide tools to ensure the safety of women but also to celebrate women in various walks of life. Centre organized two panel discussions on the topics 'Workplace Harassment: Beyond the Law: loopholes and hurdles, and the path forward’ and ‘Surge in Domestic Violence- Where is the End?’ inviting eminent panelists from various professional fields.

WEBINAR ON "THE FUTURE OF CONSUMER PROTECTION IN THE LIGHT OF CONSUMER PROTECTION ACT, 2019- THE SUSTAINABLE CONSUMER" [24 December, 2020]

The Legal Aid Centre of Symbiosis Law School, Hyderabad conducted a webinar on the occasion of National Consumer Day where our esteemed panelist of the day, Shri Mandadi Krishna Reddy Garu aimed at educating the participants on the rights of the consumers, position of consumer laws, offshoots of complaints and the Consumer Protection Act, 2019.

GUEST LECTURE BY JUSTICE (RTD.) MANDHATA SEETHARAMA MURTI ON 'OUTLINE OF CONSTITUTION OF INDIA' [26th of November, 2020]

The Legal Aid Centre of Symbiosis Law School, Hyderabad organized a guest lecture by Justice (Rtd.) MandhataSeetharama Murti on 26th November, 2020, who outlined the origin and features of the Indian Constitution, on the occasion of the 71st Constitution Day.

WEBINAR ON "MENTAL HEALTH AND WELL-BEING OF WOMEN AT WORKPLACE" [21 NOVEMBER, 2020]

The Legal Aid Centre of Symbiosis Law School, Hyderabad in association with the National Commission for Women conducted a webinar on “Mental Health and Well-being of Women at Workplace”, comprising of three sessions with distinct themes namely, “Workspace impact on mental health: Effective policies to uproot the hidden prejudice”, “Mental health of Women at Workplace: Unravelling the Legal Framework”, and “Work and personal life balance: Empowering women to confront the challenges”.

‘CYBHER’ CAMPAIGN [15TH JULY- 15TH AUGUST 2020]

‘CybHER’, an online month-long virtual awareness campaign was conducted by the Women Safety Wing, Telangana State Police in association with Legal Aid Centre, Symbiosis Law School Hyderabad. It was India’s first e-policing model to create awareness against cybercrimes. It covered multitude of topics related to cyber threats which have increased in numbers due to the advancement in technology. The virtual awareness programme was aimed at creating awareness on different cybercrimes against women and children and to offer protective measures. The month-long campaign was supported by UNICEF, Cyber Peace Foundation, ISCA, Information Security Education and Awareness, SCERT, Telangana State board of Intermediate Education and WiCSP.

WEBINAR ON THE TOPIC “SURGE IN DOMESTIC ABUSE WITH THE ONSET OF THE GLOBAL PANDEMIC” [30TH MARCH 2020]

The Legal Aid Centre conducted a webinar on the topic “Surge in domestic abuse with the onset of the global pandemic- Key challenges and measures” to throw light on the unreported Domestic Violence cases during the national lockdown. The aim of the event was to motivate young generation citizens to raise awareness on the issue of domestic violence and stand by the victims.

CONSTITUTIONAL LAW COURSE [17TH JANUARY 2020]

Constitutional Capsule Course was started by the Legal Aid Centre. The members undertook teaching sessions on the important concepts of Indian Constitution in the Zilla Parishad High School, Mamidipally. The students were taught about Fundamental Rights, Directive Principles of state policy, Concept of state, Fundamental Duties, Centre-State relations etc.

AWARENESS CAMP IN KUNDELKUNTA VILLAGE [27TH SEPTEMBER 2019]

The members of Legal Aid Centre conducted an awareness camp in Kundelkunta village in association with the Ranga Reddy District Legal Services Authority. The main aim of this camp was to enlighten the tribal community about benefits of education, their rights and entitlements under various government schemes.

A medical camp was also conducted in Kundelkunta village in association with Jeeyar Integrative Medical Services Hospital, Hyderabad.

‘AVAGAHANA 2019’ [14TH AUGUST 2019]
PANEL DISCUSSION

Panel discussion on the theme “The Internet Culture and its Predicament” was conducted to imbibe in students knowledge about cybercrimes and to spread awareness on digital safety. Panel consisting of eminent personalities from various professions discussed the role of their profession in fighting the menace created by cybercrimes.

AWARENESS WORKSHOP

Awareness workshop on the theme “Cyber Crime Awareness- Technicalities and Prevention”. To make students aware of the threats in using internet, a workshop was conducted in collaboration with Cyber Crime Department, Hyderabad City Police. The main aim of the workshop was to train the attendees on the technicalities and preventive measures to combat cybercrimes, social engineering crimes, smartphone and the internet addiction, cyber bullying etc.

DEBATE COMPETITION

A debate competition on the topic “Cyber Security with Specific Reference to Human Rights” was conducted to give participants (students) an opportunity to express their thoughts, ideas and further the discussion on the aforementioned topic.

AWARENESS PROGRAMME ON CHILD FRIENDLY LEGAL SERVICES [24TH JULY 2019]

The member of Legal Aid Centre visited the Zilla Parishad High School, Mamidipally to conduct a legal awareness programme on “Child Friendly Legal Services”.

AWARENESS PROGRAMME WITH DLSA, RANGA REDDY DIST. [9TH JULY 2019]

An awareness programme was conducted in collaboration with District Legal Services Authority, Ranga Reddy, on the topic “Ragging Menace” to achieve an atmosphere of discipline by sending a message of zero tolerance towards ragging in the college campus.

CAREER COUNSELLING SESSION IN MAMIDIPALLY GOVT. SCHOOL [9TH MARCH 2019]

The members of Legal Aid Centre visited the government school in Mamidipally. A career counselling session was conducted for students studying in senior classes. As a part of the session, students were briefed about the various opportunities in further studies, education and employment.

INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY & VISIT TO MAMIDIPALLY GOVT SCHOOL WITH ‘100 SMILE FOUNDATION’ [8TH MARCH 2019]

On the occasion of International Women’s Day, the Legal Aid Centre felicitated the female helping and working staff of the college to bid thanks for their immense hard work. The members of Legal Aid Centre also visited Mamidipally Government School along with the facilitator from ‘100 Smiles Foundation’ to celebrate the occasion.

VISIT TO CENTRAL PRISON, CHERLAPALLI JAIL[8TH FEBRUARY 2019]

The student and faculty members of the Legal Aid Centre, Symbiosis Law School Hyderabad visited the Cherlapalli Jail and interacted with undertrial prisoners. The main aim was to appraise the plight of the undertrial prisoners and make them aware of their legal rights.

MoU WITH WSW, TS POLICE [13TH MARCH 2019]

The Legal Aid Centre, Symbiosis Law School Hyderabad entered into a Memorandum of Understanding with the Women Safety Wing, Telangana State Police to conduct various awareness programs in respect of various problems faced by women and partake in events and activities conducted by Women Safety Wing, Telangana State Police.

PRESENTATION OF RESEARCH ON VIOLENCE AGAINST YOUNG GIRLS

The Legal Aid Centre presented a research study on violence against girl’s titles “Study on Violence Against Young Girls” at the Women Safety Wing, Telangana State Police. Pursuant to the presentation, the Women Safety Wing agreed to collaborate with Legal Aid Centre to conduct various events.