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Nyay Sahay

Legal Literacy and Rights Awareness

Most people do not lose their rights. They lose the paperwork.

What this programme does

Nyay Sahay exists because a great deal of what poor families go without is already theirs by law. Led by our co-founder, a practising advocate, this programme runs legal literacy sessions in plain Marathi on fundamental rights, entitlements and the schemes people qualify for; helps individuals assemble and file the documentation those schemes require; and guides people to the correct authority or to formal legal aid where a matter needs it. We do not act as counsel in individual disputes — we make sure people know what they are owed and how to ask for it.

Who it serves

Families unable to access entitlements for want of documentation, women seeking awareness of their legal rights, senior citizens, and anyone navigating a government process alone for the first time.

How it is delivered

  • Legal literacy sessions in Marathi, held in the community
  • Documentation support for scheme applications and entitlements
  • Guidance towards the correct department, authority or legal aid service
  • Liaison with government departments to bring schemes to the ground

What this programme is, and is not

Nyay Sahay provides legal awareness and documentation support. It is not legal representation, and we do not act as counsel in individual disputes. Where a matter needs formal representation we guide people to the appropriate authority or to a recognised legal aid service.

A legal literacy and rights awareness session in the communityPhotograph requiredA legal literacy session or documentation clinic in the community.

How you can help

Rs.1,000 funds a legal literacy session for a group. Advocates, law students and retired officials can volunteer a session or a documentation clinic.

These figures are provisional until the Foundation confirms its real per-beneficiary costs.

Fund an awareness sessionVolunteer your legal skills

Where this programme stands

We publish only what we can evidence. The details below are filled in as this programme runs and is documented — with dates, locations, numbers and photographs.