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CLAP, the acronym
of Committee for Legal Aid to Poor, is a Non-Governmental Voluntary
Organisation registered under the Societies Registration Act 1860
(Act XXII of 1860) of India. It is a legal service and advocacy
organisation, which seeks to accomplish freedom, liberty, justice,
equity and fair play for every individual in the society. For this
purpose it promotes human right with dignity and democratic
development.
CLAP got
registered as a Society on November 18th 1982. It traversed a long
journey for realisation of Human Rights through the means of law in
India and observed Silver Jubilee of its existence in 2007. It is
based in Cuttack City (the erstwhile capital city of Orissa) in the
State of Orissa in India. It works in various states of India with
primary focus on Orissa.
CLAP originated at
a period of the history of modern India when promotion and
protection of Human Rights hardly occupied a conspicuous space on
the governance agenda. At that time promotion and protection of
Human Rights was primarily largesse of the Government. Access to
Justice for the poor in such a state of affair was hard to
accomplish. Administration of Justice by the state was mostly
confined to adversarial nature of dispute resolution where securing
rights of poverty ridden populace was abysmally negligent. In this
backdrop, the CLAP was formed as a legal entity to address the deep
rooted persisting problems of injustice in the fabric of Indian
society. The founders envisioned an organisation, which can
substantially fulfil the voids in the system and promote good
governance. The genesis of CLAP fulfilled a long required need of
the Indian society in matters of Law and Justice for the
disadvantaged.
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