Patna to receive pilot centre focused on victims’ rights
Chief Justice of India Surya Kant is due to inaugurate a Victim Rights Centre in Patna, described as the first of its kind in the country. The Bihar State Legal Services Authority is running it as a pilot project, alongside a transgender helpline.
Chief Justice of India Surya Kant is due to inaugurate a Victim Rights Centre in Patna, according to information supplied by The Hindu. The centre is described as the first of its kind in the country and as a pilot project of the Bihar State Legal Services Authority. The supplied material does not give the inauguration date or identify the services that will be offered to victims.
A transgender helpline will also be launched on the day of the inauguration. No details were provided about the helpline’s operating arrangements, hours or the assistance it will provide. The project places the centre and the helpline under the reported programme of the Bihar State Legal Services Authority.
Further information about its staffing, eligibility rules and assessment as a pilot was not included.
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