SLPCWC was earlier known as Student legal services (SLS) and was founded by Saravana Mudaliar along with his friends who were of part of Indian National Army(INA) under Subash Chandra Bose. Thiru. Selvanayakam headed the movement in regions like South Arcot district then and united youngsters in one platform through print news media called “Manava puratchi”.
SLC was originally a movement started in 1945 to oppose the British Raj system in India. The students from Madras Presidency organized themselves as different groups to fight for liberation of Nation and student’s empowerment and equal opportunity in education for lower caste people. They conducted stage shows and protests in districts like Villupuram, Kanchipuram & Vellore to fight against the caste discrimination in education and job opportunities. The SLS team had participated in non violent Civil Disobedience Movement as volunteers in Vedaranya March under the leadership of C.Rajagopalachari.
