Legal Awareness for Ananda Yaan Elders
Legal awareness sessions were organised by Mumbai Suburban District Legal Services Authority for the senior citizens of three Ananda Yaan centres, an initiative of the Rotary Club of Bombay managed by Dignity Foundation.
Sessions on basic legal awareness and government schemes were delivered by Mr. Satish Hiwale, Secretary, Mumbai
Suburban District Legal Services Authority. The programme was coordinated by Aileen Marques, Panel Advocate of Mumbai Suburban District Legal Services Authority.
At the first session on November 2nd, 2022, at 11 am at the Dr. E. Moses Road, Worli centre, about 70 women senior citizens participated. The aajis found the session informative and they were happy to interact with Mr. Hiwale, a judicial officer.
The second session on November 3rd, 2022, at Byculla East at 3 pm, was attended by about 80 women senior citizens. The women listened patiently to session and asked their questions.
The third session on November 4th, 2022 at Mazgaon, saw the participation of about 55 women senior citizens and four male senior citizens. Quite a few participants brought their documents and sought legal advice from Mr. Hiwale and Adv. Aileen Marques.
There was a request from the participants to arrange educational visits to the local police station and courts. Accordingly, visits to three local police stations were planned.
We thank PN Satyan Israni for arranging these legal awareness sessions and police station visits for the senior citizens of the Ananda Yaan Centres.
Later last week, 12 women including senior citizens, visited Kalachowkie Police Station to understand the functioning of the police station.
