It is a group of retired Judges, Advocates, Social Activists, Journalists and inspired citizens of India. Pravasi Legal Cell was inaugurated by Dr. Christy Fernandez (I.A.S), Secretary to the President of India, on 1st February 2009 as an initiative of the Knanaya Catholic Mission, Delhi. Pravasi Legal Cell is a brain child of Jose Abraham, Advocate on record, Supreme Court of India, who is also its Global President and operational head. Pravasi Legal Cell endeavors to mitigate a wide range of injustice that the common man encounters in everyday life. We aim at protecting the vitality and dignity of human life without discrimination on any ground such as caste, religion, gender, language, place of birth etc. and ensuring the constitutional as well as the legal rights of the common man. Pravasi Legal Cell will not accept financial aid of any nature such as donation, grant etc. from any local or international, governmental or private bodies or individual. Balakrishnan – former ChiefJustice of India, Honourable Justice Kurian Joseph – former Judge of the Supreme Court of India and Honourable Justice C.S. Rajan – former Judge of Kerala High Court are the patrons of Pravasi Legal Cell.All these years of eventful existence, Pravasi Legal Cell could able to help thousands of Indians who faced injustice in India and abroad. PLC has brought up numerous matters to the attention of the appropriate government and the judiciary concerning issues of Pravasi’s and could able to receive effective intervention by the ministry to solving them.
