(a) the number of District legal services authorities and Taluka legal services committees established, State-wise including Delhi as on 1st March, 2018;
(b) the number of panel lawyers/paralegal volunteers appointed by legal aid authorities as on 1st March, 2018, State-wise including Delhi; and
(c) the number of legal aid clinics established by legal aid authorities as on 1st January, 2018, State-wise including Delhi?
ANSWER
MINISTER OF STATE FOR LAW & JUSTICE
AND CORPORATE AFFAIRS
(SHRI P.P.CHAUDHARY)
(a) State-wise number of District legal services authorities and Taluka legal services committees including in Delhi as on 1st March, 2018 are given in Annexure-I.
(b) State-wise number of panel lawyers/ Para Legal Volunteers (PLVs) appointed by legal aid authorities including in Delhi as on 1st March, 2018 are given in Annexure-II.
(c) National Legal Services Authority (NALSA) has established 20,134 legal aid clinics in the country. In addition, under Access to Justice Project 46 legal aid clinics were set up by the Government in Tuensang and Mon districts of Nagaland in 2016-17. The Government in partnership with UNDP also implemented another project during 2009-2017 on Access to Justice. Under the project, 4 legal aid clinics were set up in Odisha in partnership with National Law University, Odisha and 2 legal aid clinics were set up in Mumbai in partnership with Tata Institute of Social Sciences. Thus the total number of legal aid clinics comes to 20,186. The State-wise details of which are given in Annexure III.
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Annexure-I
ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a) OF THE LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 5504 FOR 28.03.2018 REGARDING DISTRICT LEGAL SERVICES AUTHORITY.
S.No. State Legal Services Aduthorities Total No. of District Legal Services Authorities established Total No. of Taluk Legal Services Committees established
1 Andhra Pradesh 13 138
2 Arunachal Pradesh 20 00
3 Assam 22 03
4 Bihar 37 15
5 Chhattisgarh 22 65
6 Goa 2 11
7 Gujarat 31 234
8 Haryana 22 34
9 Himachal Pradesh 11 42
10 Jammu and Kashmir 22 68
11 Jharkhand 24 4
12 Karnataka 30 148
13 Kerala 14 62
14 Madhya Pradesh 50 149
15 Maharashtra 33 303
16 Manipur 9 00
17 Meghalaya 11 04
18 Mizoram 8 00
19 Nagaland 11 00
20 Orissa 30 88
21 Punjab 22 40
22 Rajasthan 35 181
23 Sikkim 04 06
24 Tamil Nadu 32 150
25 Telangana 11 78
26 Tripura 5 14
27 Uttar Pradesh 71 304
28 Uttarakhand 13 31
29 West Bengal 19 42
30 Andaman & Nicobar 01 03
31 Chandigarh 1 00
32 Dadra & Nagar Haveli 1 00
33 Daman & Diu 02 00
34 Delhi 11 00
35 Lakshadweep 00 2
36 Puducherry 1 3
Total 651 2222
Annexure-II
ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (b) OF THE LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 5504 FOR 28.03.2018 REGARDING DISTRICT LEGAL SERVICES AUTHORITY (DLSA).
S. No. Name of the SLSAs Total No. of Panel Lawyers appointed Total number of Para Legal Volunteers on the panel of the Legal Services Institutions.
1 Andhra Pradesh 2798 2032
2 Arunachal Pradesh 202 787
3 Assam 702 1614
4 Bihar 2085 4495
5 Chhattisgarh 2097 2843
6 Goa 152 379
7 Gujarat 2876 3849
8 Haryana 1613 1431
9 Himachal Pradesh 1329 5786
10 Jammu and Kashmir 333 372
11 Jharkhand 1310 2499
12 Karnataka 2701 3639
13 Kerala 3274 2566
14 Madhya Pradesh 7181 5632
15 Maharashtra 4376 4853
16 Manipur 141 668
17 Meghalaya 105 818
18 Mizoram 70 170
19 Nagaland 111 190
20 Orissa 2759 5034
21 Punjab 1,566 2121
22 Rajasthan 3278 3254
23 Sikkim 182 730
24 Tamil Nadu 10,216 3518
25 Telangana 1166 2724
26 Tripura 503 526
27 Uttar Pradesh 2578 4143
28 Uttarakhand 411 849
29 West Bengal 3679 1519
30 Andaman & Nicobar 32 59
31 Chandigarh 63 68
32 Dadra & Nagar Haveli 14 11
33 Daman & Diu 30 59
34 Delhi 1351 3863
35 Lakshadweep 11 89
36 Puducherry 298 406
Total 61,593 73,596
Annexure-III
ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (c) OF THE LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 5504 FOR 28.03.2018 REGARDING DISTRICT LEGAL SERVICES AUTHORITY.
S.NO State Legal Services Authority Number of legal aid clinics established (as on 01.01.2018)
1 Andaman & Nicobar Islands 0
2 Andhra Pradesh 858
3 Arunachal Pradesh 21
4 Assam 186
5 Bihar 261
6 Chhattisgarh 493
7 Dadra & Nagar Haveli 13
8 Daman & Diu 7
9 Delhi 50
10 Goa 120
11 Gujarat 638
12 Haryana 506
13 Himachal Pradesh 1010
14 Jammu & Kashmir 215
15 Jharkhand 498
16 Karnataka 876
17 Kerala 652
18 Lakshadweep *
19 Madhya Pradesh 1138
20 Maharashtra 647
21 Manipur 81
22 Meghalaya 133
23 Mizoram 102
24 Nagaland 170
25 Odisha 526
26 Puducherry 63
27 Punjab 526
28 Rajasthan 7432
29 Sikkim 31
30 Tamil Nadu 818
31 Telengana 392
32 Tripura 370
33 U. T. Chandigarh 19
34 Uttar Pradesh 181
35 Uttarakhand 267
36 West Bengal 886
Total 20,186
*Being a small Island all are directly contacting the State Legal Services Authority for the legal assistance.