1.

How would you like to explain your engagement with law over the five years which
motivated you for an inter-disciplinary approach in field of law and public policy?

The goal behind pursuing legal studies was to learn how law can shape the society in a better way.
From the initial years itself, I tried understanding law through theoretical and practical aspects. I
actively participated in workshops, conferences, and seminars which helped in broadening my
knowledge as to how law is used in different sectors like food, health, environment, public policy
and in this process I understand that with amalgamation of law and public policy it satisfies the want
of maximum number which in turn has a greater impact. Hence, I was interested in the pursuing law
and public policy.

2. Tell us something about your CNLU legal aid cell?

CNLU Legal Aid Cell aims at spreading awareness about the legal right of people. We conduct this
activity through 3 platforms they are legal awareness programme and client counselling program.
The Legal awareness programme includes RTI, RTS, SC Act. These activities are being conducted in
the form of workshop, distributing pamphlet among students or through drama or nukkad natak for
easy comprehending for the students.

Client Counselling is a new initiative which we took recently in our college. As, part of this initiative
every alternate clients are entertained by the member of the legal aid cell. They try to counsel them
by giving them legal advice, with due advice given to them they decide whether they are willing to
take help of Legal Aid Cell or not. There is a form which is provided to them then they are supposed
to fill it as these forms consist of different crimes and offences which they might have suffered. The
sign duly filled is sent by the CNLU legal aid cell to the Bihar judicial academy fro where the matter is
taken into account for free of costs.

3. What were the things which you got to do in the legal aid cell?

In my freshman year, I was a volunteer at CNLU legal Aid cell. My tasks mainly included assisting in
successful organising of awareness campaign. By the time i progressed towards my 4 th Year I was
selected as the Student Convenor. My responsibility includes leading conducting awareness
campaign at different places of Bihar and conducting client counselling under my supervision.

4. What criminal laws and public policy you got to know in your consultation with your clients?

During client counselling, we dealt with clients on laws relating to IPC, Domestic Violence, and
helping them in filing RTI.

5. How do you use SPSS? Do you understand how to use SPSS? Can you work on SPSS?
6. Explain the event VIDHIKTA and as to how it is was very useful to the society?

Vidhikita is India’s 1st legal aid cell fest. It has with various objectives. It aims at awareness of law in
our society. How law can be so effective and how in different ways it can be useful? We organised
PIL competition, Client Counselling, Mediation, Legal Start up Competition and few others. Now,
students not only from law but even the ones from non-legal background can join this fest and with
adequate knowledge they can help the people in dealing with cases of client counselling and othe
platforms. The purpose was to make society self-equipped in dealing with the primary stages of
legal battle rather than paying hefty fees in getting justice through the mode. Thirdly, a platform for
Networking. As , when students of different arenas comes together to solve together on issues
pertaining to socio legal then it helps them in knowing their potential and broader their limits and
connects them to future opportunities.

7. How does a student level youth parliament helped you?

Youth parliament act like an early gateway for me to understand the parliamentary procedure,
getting the idea as to how to the parliament works, how the constructive criticism is done on public
issues and most importantly it brings people of different diverse places with diverse ideas and the
challenge to come to the conclusion resulting in the formulation of a law or bill is an enriching
experience.

8. How the resolutions are tabled in parliament?

Motions and resolutions are procedural devices to raise a discussion in the House on a matter of
general public interest. Notice of a motion to discuss a matter of general public interest is to be
given in writing addressed to the Secretary-General.  No period of notice has been prescribed in
regard to such motions nor do they require any seconder.  In order that a motion may be admissible,
it should satisfy certain conditions.  These are:
(i) it should raise substantially one definite issue;
(ii) it should not contain arguments, inferences, ironical expressions, imputations or defamatory
statements;
(iii) it should not refer to the conduct or character of persons except in their public capacity;
(iv) it should be restricted to a matter of recent occurrence;
(v) it should not raise a question of privilege;
(vi) it should not revive discussion of a matter which has been discussed in the same session;
(vii) it should not anticipate discussion of a matter which is likely to be discussed in the same session;
(viii) it should not relate to any matter which is under adjudication by a court of law having
jurisdiction in any part of India;

9. Can you tell us the ABC of youth Parliament?

Prepared.

10. Why I started SLC? By the time I was in 3rd year I had a fair amount of experience in terms of
participating and organising legal awareness programme, conferences, seminar, workshops
and understanding the benefit from it in terms of improving skill sets like speaking, writing
and research and building leadership qualities. I believed that now is the time to build a
platform which serves the society in a greater way and protecting the rights and interests of
people. As, a result I started Socio Legal Corp.
11. What is SLC?

Socio Legal is a social enterprise. We are building an eco-system of educational and legal platforms
to stop violations of human rights through creating next generations of social engineers, accessible
legal services and shaping laws around the globe. We are on a mission to empower every person of
their fundamental and humanitarian rights by giving them the access to tools of information and
knowledge. At Socio Legal Corp, our products and services are focused on legal awareness, legal
education and legal research. We are working with the students of primary/secondary schools,
university students, lawyers and academicians in rural and urban areas.
12. What is SLC Boot Camp?

SJBC is Bihar’s first boot camp which has been initiated at school levels in rural and urban areas. The

boot camp focuses on delivering information and knowledge to everyone through online and offline

events. The events involves discussion, ppt presentation created by legal scholars, understanding

concepts through short films and rigorous questions. By this we create a system, where we work on

the soft skills of the students i.e. speaking, writing and research in relation to their fundamental and

humanitarian rights.

13. How are you planning to continue the work of SLC once you have joined the LAMP?

If I get the opportunity to work at LAMP, i would cease myself from any day to day function or any
decisions which has to be taken. SLC consists of 11 members. Most of them have been with us for a
while now. So, they understood how to coordinate and organise an event or a workshop or for that
matter how to continue SLC for a period of a year. As, there are 3 senior members to the team who
will take the responsibility to lead the company towards its goals set for this calendar. So once I
refrain myself from the activities of SLC, there will be people to take care of it the company.

14. What is SLC Lawboratory and how does it promote public policy and law?

SLC Lawboratory is a Research and development (R&D) initiative of Socio Legal Corp. It has been
created with an aim to help the legislature in making and implementing laws thereby protecting
the rights and interest of an individual or society as a whole. We started this initiative as we
believe that working in the process of lawmaking can have a huge impact on the lives of people
as the bills and laws which are made impacts the lives of crores. Currently we are in our nascent
stage, so we are learning as to how things works and how a bill or a policy is being drafted is
made and how we can play a role in making a better policy for our society. As a result, so what
we do at this stage is that, when a law is made, our team work extensively and comprehensively
in analysing the flaws in the laws and the correct state of affairs which should be adhered. Once
we are ready with our suggestions, we invite expert critical opinion on the same. We submit our
reports to college so that it can be taken into consideration for the purpose of publication in
journal. So, far we have done this but further we are planning on to submit our report to Ngo
and research organisation and collaborate with them in their projects to get a practical
understanding of the work nature which is involved. How do you think that this 1 year
experience will help in you the successful completion of Socio Legal Corp and its projects?

15. Discuss what did you worked in CCV?

The Centre for Criminology and Victimology a research centre under National Law University Delhi
focuses on advanced research training, policy analysis and consultancy in the broader field of
criminal law, criminal justice and Victimology.

 Centre for Criminology and Victimology[NLUD, Delhi: 6 Weeks]

 Research work related to Fast Track Courts and created report on
performance of courts across India.
 Conducted seminar on vulnerable witnesses and visited Dwarka
district court. .
 Assisted in creating a report on role and duties of Prosecutor
towards victims.
What is criminal law? It is the system of law that relates to crimes and emphasizes on the
punishment or rehabilitation of the offenders. It deals with such conduct which is perceived as
threatening, harmful and otherwise endangering to the property, health, and moral welfare of
people inclusive of one’s self.

What is criminal Justice?

Criminal justice is the delivery of justice to those who have committed crimes. The criminal justice
systems basically consist of three major components as they are law enforcement agencies i.e
police, court and accompanying prosecution and defence attorney.

What is Victimology?

Victimology is the study of victimization, including the psychological effects on victims, relationships
between victims and offenders, the interactions between victims and the criminal justice system—
that is, the police and courts, and corrections officials—and the connections between victims and
other social groups and institutions, such as the media, businesses, and social movements

So there are three questions which can be asked as per my info. in interview

1. What was the work related of Fast Track Courts and what reports did you helped in creating/

As in the beginning I was given the task to get an understanding on Fast Track Court as in its
history and the way it works and the purpose behind instituting it. As, the research centre has
beforehand conducted an empirical research in questionnaire form in 5 states where the task
was to question judges and lawyers and get their view as to how they see the Fast track courts
playing an important in the changing and efficaciously changing the environment of justice.
Once we got that we were supposed to create answers for questions we asked them in form of
percentage. I assisted the associates in completion of this project.

For instance, questions related to judges:

Experience(0-6), current cases, any directions from HC, meetings to monitor cases, any suo motu
cases in cognizance, Forensic laboratory report has to be filed.

Fast Track court has been brought for the following purposes as:
 (a) Solution to the extensive delay in disposing off the cases in normal times especially at a time
when there is a perceived escalation in the rate of crime.
(b) One of the main reasons for its concept being advocated in our society is due to the a
number of highly publicised cases of sexual harassment against women starting with the
nirbhaya cases, the concept of fast track court is seen as he means of securing justice and as
a means to assure the deterrence of sexual harassment crimes against women.
(c) 2014, CG proposed establishment of 1800 FTCs
(d) Recently when in headline came the cases of child abuse especially the one which happened
in Karnataka then the CM advocated for the establishment of more FTC for the purposes of
dealing with the cases pertaining to child abuse in India.
(e) However when we see the history of Fast Track Courts then we observe that it has a
chequered history. As, it can be observed that there are time even when there is proper
allocation of funds in the name of Fast rack Courts however those funds are not released
timely as a result of which there is a huge of lack of resources related to the fast track courts
as a result of which it give rise to an alternative choice as if we should focus more on the
reforming and improving the criminal justice system as a whole.

Recommendations ; new legislation, periodic monitoring and evaluation and provision of support
services, training, requirements of special courts

2. What is it that you got to know about the vulnerable witness? Who are vulnerable
witnesses?

Vulnerable witnesses  

a witness who can be more easily attacked in traditional adversarial court proceedings.
Those with significant impairment of their faculties may be included as may the intellectually feeble. 
Others maybe more subjectively vulnerable in general such as victims of sexual offences, members o
f ethnic minority communities, or people who have been attacked or threatened for coming forward 
as a witness. A
system which makes the distinction will do so with a view to reducing the vulnerability of the witnes
s - a principal means is the use of VIDEO
EVIDENCE. Other techniques could include allowing the presence of a supporter or, more controvers
ially, limiting the nature and scope of cross-examination.

During the workshop we were taken in the vulnerable witness deposition centre to understand how
it is different from the traditional court proceedings. As in the vulnerable witness court there is a
separate room for the victim where nobody can see her except that the conversation is done via
video conferencing as in case of examination or cross examination sometimes if the witness is of
such a nature that he /she cannot understand the nature of questions then a supporter is provided
to the witness so that question can made easily understandable to the witness. Also, whatever
questions which prosecution or defence attorney had to ask will be asked by the judge and not the
judge in order to avoid the leading questions.

What is a leading question?

Leading question is a question that prompts or encourages the answer wanted.

 3. Tell us about the role and duties of the Prosecutors towards victims

India -Role of advocates and prosecutors

Apart from representation, victim assistance and advocacy is the key part
to the same.

Legal Aid:-

1. Ensure that the victim is aware of their right to engage a private

advocate.
2. Make yourself available for immediate response even called to the
scene of the crime to counsel, aid, advice the victims as well as the
police.
3. Assist the victim in their dealing with the police by ensuring your
presence at the time of questioning
4. Ensure that the interests of the victims are your primary
responsibility while maintaining fairness and truthfulness.
5. Protect the fundamental, statutory and human rights of the victims
6. Inform the victims of their fundamental statutory and human right,
including the right to restoration and compensation.

Extra legal Assistance

1. Provide to the victims all details about organizations that provide

specialized support s per their needs including contact numbers of
the organization and the type of services victims can expect.
2. Ensure that the victim is supported with respect, dignity and
compassion by all agencies.
3. Access of victims to medical and psychological treatments that they
are entitled to and assist the victims in overcoming the legalities
involved for such access.

Assistance during trial

1. Privacy of the victim

2. Confidentiality of the information provided by the victim is safe.
3. Non-disclosure of the information.
 4. Assist the victims in their dispositions.
5. Ensure that the victim has a support person/companion.
6. Assist the victim in writing the Victim Impact Statement.
7. Accept the victim version of the events without opinion.
8. Due consideration to the impact of the crime.

Security of the Crime

1. Identify the physical and psychological barriers to the safety of the

victims.
2. Immediate notification of the victim arrest upon the arrest or
release of the accused on bail or people.

16. How the workshop of Sanjay Rajhans has helped me?

17. Why lamp?

I want to inculcate problem-solving and adaptability skills set. By assisting an MP in his work will gain
my experience and learning in the understanding of the law. It caters to observing the process of
law-making (information collection and usage), conflicting interests and ensuring inclusive
development. It will help me in grasping the factors which affect policy and the methodology of
incorporating the same in drafting questions, liaising with multiple ministries for constituency
related tasks. Moreover, along with learning the thought process involved in the formulation of
legislation, I would get the opportunity to build a fruitful network and enrich insights from varied
other experiences. With these takeaways, I sought to specialize in law and public policy and to
contribute in drafting and implementation of laws through platforms of SLC

18. Why should we hire you?

While law courses enabled me in understanding the nuances of legal interpretation, the legal-
work and internships have facilitated in gaining practical knowledge of the subject. I have
studied law and public policy from Sanjay Rajhans, Vice-Chair of the Dept of Public Policy at HSE
Moscow. My active involvement in writing and presenting research papers at conferences and
workshops has shaped me as an individual contributor as well as a team member.

, I was selected to deal with the clients, which gave me an insight into the application of criminal
laws and public policy to laymen. I started writing research papers on issues of criminal and
public law to comprehend the legislative process and implementation of laws. I was invited to
present the research papers at national and international platforms like International Youth
forum, UN Changemakers Conclave and South Asia Youth Summit on issues of human rights and
 public policy. To understand the usage of non-empirical research, I attended a workshop on
‘Research Methodology and SPSS’ conducted by UGC and Oxford University Press

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