Life is law seminar held

Sangareddy: School children were encouraged to know the provisions enshrined in the Constitution of India and every law in force in our country, so that they don’t use ignorance of law as an excuse to make mistakes.

A seminar titled 'Life is Law' was organised on the occasion of ‘National Law Day’ by District Legal Services Authority and Mobile Court of Medak district at Sai Grace High School in Sangareddy on Saturday.

DLSA Secretary M Kanakadurga and Principle Magistrate of Mobile Court D Durga Prasad spoke extensively on constitutional provisions and issues like dowry, child labour, child marriages, importance of mathematics in life and disastrous effects of underage teens driving motor bikes.

November 26, also known as ‘Constitution Day’ or ‘Samvidhan Divas’ has been declared by the Supreme Court Bar Association thirty years after November 26, 1949, the day when the draft Constitution of India was read out by Dr Rajendra Prasad, the first President of India, on the floor of Parliament.

Addressing the children, M Kanakadurga spoke about how Nanabhoy (Nani) Palkhiwala, eminent jurist and economist had specialised in cases of constitutional law, even though he had failed multiple times in that particular subject during his law college days.

Talking about increasing cases of children committing suicide due to failure in exams, she said “Suicide is not the answer for failure in life. You should take the example of a spider or an ant which climbs up the wall though it may fall several times in the process.

” She explained the importance of Legal Services Authorities Act of 1987 and how it had made judiciary accessible to common people and said DLSA has been able to stop child labour, child trafficking and child marriages in integrated Medak district to a great extent with the support from police, NGOs and common people, especially children.

She blamed the TV programmes which are telecast every evening between 6 and 10 pm for repeatedly violating the fundamental rights of the people by polluting their minds in several ways, adversely affecting the health of our society.

At the end of the programme the children present there vowed to not only desist from watching TV in the evening, but also to prevent their parents from doing so.

CARPED Director MS Chandra, Sai Grace High School Managing Director and athlete Gopi Singh and youth leader Kuna Venu were also present on the occasion.