The 15-weeks online course on Access to Justice is offered by Swayam Platform of MHRD.
About the Organiser
SWAYAM is a Government of India initiative designed to achieve the three cardinal principles of Education Policy viz., access, equity and quality. The objective of this effort is to take the best teaching-learning resources to all, including the most disadvantaged.
SWAYAM seeks to bridge the digital divide for students who have hitherto remained untouched by the digital revolution and have not been able to join the mainstream of the knowledge economy.
The course Access to Justice is one among many online courses under SWAYAM. This course is taught by Dr. Bharti Yadav, who has been a faculty at National Law University Delhi since 2012. Her areas of interest and specialization(s) are Criminal Law, Research Methodology, Legal Aid and Clinical Legal Education.
About the Course
The connection between law and society needs to be understood for good governance of welfare society in a democratic setup. India being a democratic country owes a duty to maintain such a relation between law and society where law actually cater to the need of society.
This duty makes equal access to justice by people of India an indispensable responsibility on the shoulders of all the four pillars of Indian democracy i.e. parliament, executive, judiciary and press. That is why the need of promoting equal access to justice has been highlighted tremendously in the recent past.
All the four pillars of Indian democratic system have strongly advocated for ensuring equal access to justice but still much more needs to be done. People still are not aware of their basic rights and enabling provisions for eliminating impediments to access to justice.
In view of this, it becomes important for people to understand the legal dimensions of the equal access to justice. The course covers all important recent developments in this area.
The course of Access to Justice has been specifically designed to provide not only an overview of justice system in India but also an in-depth knowledge about basic rights promoting equal access to justices, mode of realization of such rights, remedies for its infringements and other related important issues.
Students of law, social sciences or any other discipline and any person interested in learning basic rights promoting equal access to justices, mode of realization of such rights, remedies for its infringements and other related important issues can register for the course.
It’s a four-credit course for those interested in credits otherwise anybody can register for the course without availing credits.
COURSE CONDUCTOR:
Dr. Bharti Yadav (NLU, Delhi) is the course conductor. Among other things, she has supervised many LL.M. students for their dissertations. She has contributed in administrative reforms initiatives at prisons by conducting various empirical researches and has actively collaborated with Delhi Legal Services Authorities in various Legal Aid initiatives.
She has been a resource faculty at Haryana Institute of Public Administration in various training programs for HCS officers and law officers of Haryana. From 2015 to 2017, she also acted as an external member of complaint committee against sexual harassment at workplace of NABCONS and NABARD.
She has contributed in e-pathshala Programme of UGC by writing modules on various aspects of access to justice. She has also been a resource person for Gyan Darshan TV channel for spreading legal awareness.
She has offered seminar courses at University of Wurzburg, Wurzburg, Germany in the year 2016 & 2017. She was invited by Justice Academy Ankara, Turkey for address Judges and advocates on art of cross examination in the year 2017.
She has presided sessions on promoting justice education in the international conference of Global Alliance of Justice Education at Turkey in the year 2015 and Mexico in the year 2017.
Course Layout
- Week 1 Concept & Historical Background of Access to Justice
- Week 2 Formal Access to Justice And Impediments to Access to Justice
- Week 3 Access to Justice and Alternate Dispute Resolution
- Week 4 General Law for Access to Justice
- Week 5 Special Law for Access to Justice
- Week 6 Access to Speedy and Amicable Justice
- Week 7 Access to Justice and Administrative Adjudication
- Week 8 REVISION AND ASSIGNMENT WEEK
- Week 9 Access to Justice for Women
- Week 10 Access to Justice for Children
- Week 11 Access to Justice for Senior Citizens, BC,SC/ST and Disables
- Week 12 Access to Justice for Stakeholders of Justice Administration System
- Week 13 Access to Justice in commercial Transactions Week 14 Civil Society role in Promoting Access to Justice
- Week 15 REVISION, ASSESSMENT and Evaluation
This is a core course aimed at undergraduate/postgraduate students. Course learners who qualify for the course examination can obtain a passing certificate and a marks sheet for credit transfer.
Eligibility
As the main aim of this SWAYAM is to develop the skill, knowledge, and education of every citizen of India there is no provision for eligibility criteria. Any individual of any age, qualification or any location can avail of any course delivered through the SWAYAM portal.
Location
Online
How to Apply?
Interested applicants can apply for the course through this link.
Once registered for SWAYAM using their email, the course can be found in the search catalog upon entering “Access to Justice”.
The enrollment process can be easily understood once the interested person joins the course.
Fee details
- Duration: 15 Weeks
- Fee: No Fee
You get assignments from time to time and also the questions are standard. These courses are free. You can learn from videos and solve assignments for free.
Prizes
Course learners who qualify the course examination can obtain a passing certificate and a marks sheet for credit transfer. No other special Prizes.
Registration Deadline
Feb 28, 2022
Contact information
For any course-related questions, please drop a mail at rakshithbhallamudi@gmail.com
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