HYDERABAD: President Droupadi Murmu has called upon the new generation of legal professionals to become change agents in providing access to justice and legal aid to the poor people in the country, which is at present available to only the rich in society.
The president was speaking at the 21st Convocation Ceremony of the NALSAR University of Law on Saturday, where she congratulated the young professionals and wished that they would stick to the values of integrity and speak truth to power.
The president appreciated the efforts of NALSAR University in addressing the issues concerning disability, access to justice, prison and juvenile justice, and legal aid and its focus on Artificial Intelligence as an area of study.
“I am happy to note that NALSAR has set up an Animal Law Centre. It reminds me of my tenure as the Minister for Department of Fisheries and Animal Resources Development in Odisha nearly twenty years ago. There, I realised that there must be wide-spread efforts to sensitise people about the protection and welfare of animals. I expect the younger generations to protect animals and birds, trees and water-bodies as necessities for the well-being of humanity. NALSAR’s Animal Law Centre is a good step in that direction”, she said.
