Legal Aid Committee aims to reach out to the masses and help them in understanding the right to free legal aid.
Legal aid committee is dedicated to the cause of serving the comman man by creating awareness about the rights guaranteed in the Constitution of India.
The Committee conducts surveys, street plays , awareness drives, importance of voter registration, rights of citizens . We work in collaboration with the Maharashtra State Legal Aid Services Authority and District Legal Aid Services Authority.
We are happy to share that the Legal Aid Committee of SVKM’s Pravin Gandhi College of Law, Mumbai University ’s organised a Legal Aid Extension Drive in collaboration with Mumbai Suburban District Legal Services Authority, on 8th April 2025. The advocates on the panel of Mumbai Suburban District Legal Services Authority addressed citizens on a variety of legal issues and provided them with free legal aid. The beneficiaries of the drive were from different walks of life, and problems raised were of varied nature ranging from matrimonial disputes to property disputes to documentation related to Aadhar and Ration Card ,to availing of different government scheme.
SVKM’s Pravin Gandhi College of Law as a premier legal institution is always committed to developing in the graduates a sense of social empathy coupled with domain knowledge, which will enable them to navigate the legal journey smoothly.
This legal extension drive provided the students with a first-hand community engagement.
We are committed to organising events of these nature in the future to contribute to making justice accessible to all.