INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
KATHMANDU, AUGUST 13Kathmandu Metropolitan City has provided free legal aid service to around 10,000 beneficiaries
over a period of five months.
Around 750,000 Nepali get labour permits in 11 and half months
KMC Mayor Shah directs private schools to provide same salary as of public schools
According to KMC, the service was provided through intern students by
signing an agreement with Nepal Law Campus.Last year, KMC had signed an agreement for mobilisation of undergraduate and postgraduate
students of Nepal Law Campus as interns
After completing the selection process and orientation of students, providing free legal aid service was formally started
All the interns were trained and 32 persons were assigned to the wards and two persons to the centre
After the expiry of the contract, KMC and the campus renewed it last week.
In the agreement, chief administrative officer
of the metropolis Basant Adhikari and campus chief Dinanath Parajuli signed the renewed agreement
CAO Adhikari said the service provided by campus students during the period of five months practice had made the programme indispensable."We
have also witnessed improved service delivery
The federal governance system is implemented at various wards of the local level," he said."We received many responses
All of them were positive
It is a matter of pride for us to be able to measure the performance of our students.''Prof Krishna Prasad Basyal of the Institute of Law
said, "Both the campus and students should be proud of the programme that has yielded immediate results from the work done so far."Campus
chief Parajuli said other municipalities had also sought this kind of cooperation
Similarly, Basanta Acharya, the head of the law and human rights department of the metropolis, mentioned that 10,000 service-seekers had
been provided with verbal oral and written services free of charge.As per the agreement, students studying at the undergraduate and
postgraduate levels of the campus will be employed as interns for providing legal aid service.The main responsibility of the intern will be
to draft general petitions, complaint petitions, complaint letters, response letters, draft written answers, and provide oral complaint
counselling.The metropolis will provide intern students with their scope and terms of references regarding legal aid service to the
When facilitating the service-seekers, the interns should prepare legal documents based on the evidences and facts
The format of the legal document will be in accordance with the prevailing law.The metropolis provides a monthly stipend of Rs 15,000 to
It is expected that administrative and judicial access will be easier for senior citizens, persons with disabilities, minors, people who
have suffered injustice, various classes and communities, among others.A version of this article appears in the print on August 14, 2023, of
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