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The Legal Services Authorities Act of 1987 established free and speedy legal aid for disadvantaged groups as mandated by the Indian constitution, including SC/STs, women, children, disabled people, victims of violence, prisoners, and those earning less than 100,000 rupees annually. It also created Lok Adalats for expedited justice. The National Legal Services Authority employs para-legal volunteers to provide legal aid in villages through legal aid clinics, aiming to cover all villages. NALSA regulations provide free competent legal services to all, including filing applications and engaging senior lawyers when life or liberty is at risk.
The Legal Services Authorities Act of 1987 established free and speedy legal aid for disadvantaged groups as mandated by the Indian constitution, including SC/STs, women, children, disabled people, victims of violence, prisoners, and those earning less than 100,000 rupees annually. It also created Lok Adalats for expedited justice. The National Legal Services Authority employs para-legal volunteers to provide legal aid in villages through legal aid clinics, aiming to cover all villages. NALSA regulations provide free competent legal services to all, including filing applications and engaging senior lawyers when life or liberty is at risk.
The Legal Services Authorities Act of 1987 established free and speedy legal aid for disadvantaged groups as mandated by the Indian constitution, including SC/STs, women, children, disabled people, victims of violence, prisoners, and those earning less than 100,000 rupees annually. It also created Lok Adalats for expedited justice. The National Legal Services Authority employs para-legal volunteers to provide legal aid in villages through legal aid clinics, aiming to cover all villages. NALSA regulations provide free competent legal services to all, including filing applications and engaging senior lawyers when life or liberty is at risk.
Legal Services Authorities Act,1987 1. Art 39 of the Constitution says free and speedy legal aid. 2. SC/STs, women, children, disabled, victims of ethnic violence, persons in custody and people with annual income <1 lac are entitled to free legal aid under the Act. 3. It also established Lok Adalats for speedy justice. National Legal Services Authority (NALSA) 1. It employs para-legal community based volunteers to provide legal aid in villages. It aims to cover all villages. 2. It runs Legal Aid Clinics in villages where the employed para-legal volunteers are trained by district legal services authorities. 3. NALSA framed regulations in 2010 to provide free and competent legal services to all. Typical services include scrutiny and filing of applications and in exceptional cases engag ing senior lawyers where life and liberty of a person is at stake.