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Legal Services

Thursday, November 10 2011, 2:10 AM


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.

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