GAIBANDHA, April 28, 2022 (BSS) - National Legal Aid Day-2022 was observed in the district as elsewhere in the country today with a call to stand beside the distressed to conduct their cases smoothly to get fair justice by the courts.
 
The theme of this year is "Take legal assistance free of cost, Sheikh Hasina's government is giving this assurance (Bina Kharche Nin Ainee Sahayata, Sheikh Hasina's sarkar dichchhe Ai Nishchayata)'.
 
Marking the day, District Legal Aid Committee with district judgeship and magistracy jointly chalked out the elaborate programmes that included blood donation, discussion meeting, setting up stalls on the court premises and cultural function in cooperation with GUK, SKS Foundation, Friendship and RDRS Bangladesh, ASA and Brac.
 
In the morning, a colorful rally was brought out from the premises of the district judge court here around 9.30 am and ended at the same venue after parading the main roads of the town.
 
District and Sessions Judge Dilip Kumar Bhoumik with deputy commissioner Md. Oliur Rahman and superintendent of police Muhammad Towhidul Islam led the rally.
 
Later, Dilip Kumar Bhoumik addressed a post rally gathering on the court premises as the chief guest. He said the district legal aid committee formed by the government has been playing a significant role for the last few years in ensuring fair justice of the distressed people of the district.
 
He also underscored the need for standing beside the distressed of the society on humanitarian ground and helping them always conduct their cases smoothly to get fair justice timely by the courts.
 
Almost all judges of the district Judgeship, chief judicial magistrate Ashiqul Khabir, president of District Bar Association Adv. Ahsanul Kabir Lachu, general secretary Adv. Sirajul Islam, senior programme manager of GUK Joya Prosad and town elite participated in the programmes.