Awareness camp on Domestic Violence Protection Act, Dowry Prohibition Act held at Udhampur

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UDHAMPUR: District Legal Services Authority, Udhampur, under the guidance of Chairman DLSA Udhampur, Haq Nawaz Zargar and under overall supervision of Secretary DLSA Udhampur Ajay Kumar organized an Awareness camp on Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005 and Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961 at Bhartiya College of Education, Udhampur.

The Resource Persons of the Programme were Panel Lawyers Adv. Vijay Lakshmi and Adv. Mallikarjun Singh Slathia. The resource persons discussed the issues faced by the Women and enlightened the gathering about various provisions of Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005 and Dowry Protection Act, 1961.

The Secretary DLSA, while thanking the Resource Persons and participants, threw light on the Legal Rights of the women and stressed upon the need to safeguard all basic rights which are vital to a human life especially to Women.

Later, the DLSA Secretary felicitated the students of the college by presenting a Trophy for presenting a Skit on the occasion.