Mediation for the Nation campaign held in Krishnagiri
It is a three-month-long campaign and is scheduled to conclude by September end.
The campaign was presided over by Principal District Judge and district coordinator, District Medication Centre, V.R. Latha. The campaign was opened as a pan-India one to settle pending cases in all local courts that include taluk courts, district courts and high courts.
Law students, legal officers, police personnel and a cross-section of people took part in the rally that passed via Rayakottai flyover and concluded at the venue, where the medication awareness campaign was held. Collector C. Dinesh Kumar chaired the campaign.
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