MINISTER OF LAW & JUSTICE
(SHRI KIREN RIJIJU)
(a) and (b) National Legal Services Authority (NALSA) has been constituted under the Legal Services Authorities (LSA) Act, 1987 to provide free and competent legal services to the weaker sections of the society including beneficiaries covered under Section 12 of the Act, to ensure that opportunities for securing justice are not denied to any citizen by reason of economic or other disabilities, and to organize Lok Adalats to secure that the operation of the legal system promotes justice on the basis of equal opportunities.
For this purpose, the legal services institutions have been setup from the Taluk Court level to the Supreme Court. The activities/programmes undertaken by Legal Services Authorities include legal aid and advice; legal awareness programmes ; legal services/empowerment camps ; legal services clinics ; legal literacy clubs ; Lok Adalats and implementation of victim compensation scheme. Funds under Grant-in-Aid are allocated and sanctioned to NALSA by the Government on yearly basis. The details of funds allocated by NALSA to Legal Services Authorities for organizing legal aid programmes during last three years are at Annexure – A. The details regarding number of persons who were provided free legal services during last three years are at Annexure – B.
(c) and (d) To enable equitable access to justice, National Legal Services Authority (NALSA) has launched Legal Services Mobile App on Android and iOS versions to enable easy access to legal aid to common citizens.
Further, a scheme on Access to Justice titled “Designing Innovative Solutions for Holistic Access to Justice in India“ has been launched with aim to strengthen pre-litigation advice and consultation through Tele-Law: Reaching the Unreached; ensure pan - India dispensation framework to deliver Pro Bono legal Services through Nyaya Bandhu (Pro Bono Legal Services) programme; facilitate disposal of 15 year old pending cases at the district level through its Nyaya Mitra programme and to empower citizens through Pan India legal literacy and legal awareness programme. The Scheme embeds use of technology and developing contextualized IEC (Information, Education and Communication) material in regional / local dialect to supports its intervention and to achieve easy accessibility of legal services to the poor and weakest sections of the society.
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Annexure-A
Statement as referred to in reply to Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 1034 for answering on 22.07.2022 raised by Dr. Krishna Pal Singh Yadav and Others, MPs - Legal Aid Programme
Statement showing details of funds allocated (in Rupees) to Legal Services Authorities for organizing legal aid programmes during last three years
S.No. Name of State/UT Authority 2019-20 2020-21 2021-22
1 Andhra Pradesh 2,00,00,000 3,40,00,000 5,00,00,000
2 Arunachal Pradesh 2,00,00,000 1,00,00,000 1,40,00,000
3 Assam 3,00,00,000 3,70,00,000 6,40,00,000
4 Bihar 4,50,00,000 3,70,00,000 7,60,00,000
5 Chhattisgarh 6,00,00,000 3,95,00,000 5,25,00,000
6 Goa 0 50,00,000 15,00,000
7 Gujarat 3,50,00,000 3,45,00,000 5,75,00,000
8 Haryana 9,00,00,000 4,50,00,000 6,50,00,000
9 Himachal Pradesh 4,00,00,000 1,85,00,000 2,45,00,000
10 Jammu & Kashmir 6,00,00,000 3,50,00,000 4,65,00,000
11 Jharkhand 4,00,00,000 4,00,00,000 7,35,00,000
12 Karnataka 7,00,00,000 6,25,00,000 7,50,00,000
13 Kerala 11,00,00,000 5,25,00,000 9,90,00,000
14 Madhya Pradesh 4,50,00,000 3,00,00,000 5,00,00,000
15 Maharashtra 6,00,00,000 6,25,00,000 8,25,00,000
16 Manipur 4,00,00,000 1,00,00,000 1,05,00,000
17 Meghalaya 1,00,00,000 50,00,000 50,00,000
18 Mizoram 2,50,00,000 50,00,000 1,15,00,000
19 Nagaland 2,50,00,000 50,00,000 1,15,00,000
20 Odisha 6,00,00,000 3,25,00,000 4,25,00,000
21 Punjab 10,00,00,000 3,25,00,000 6,40,00,000
22 Rajasthan 6,50,00,000 4,55,00,000 7,00,00,000
23 Sikkim 2,50,00,000 50,00,000 65,00,000
24 Tamil Nadu 5,00,00,000 4,20,00,000 6,00,00,000
25 Telangana 3,50,00,000 3,50,00,000 4,10,00,000
26 Tripura 3,00,00,000 2,80,00,000 2,65,00,000
27 Uttar Pradesh 3,00,00,000 6,50,00,000 6,00,00,000
28 Uttarakhand 2,00,00,000 2,50,00,000 2,55,00,000
29 West Bengal 9,00,00,000 5,20,00,000 7,00,00,000
30 Andaman & Nicobar Islands 0 0 0
31 Chandigarh 1,00,00,000 80,00,000 55,00,000
32 Dadra & Nagar Haveli 0 2,50,000 0
33 Daman & Diu 0 2,50,000 0
34 Delhi 8,00,00,000 5,00,00,000 9,30,00,000
35 Lakshadweep 0 0 0
36 Puducherry 0 10,00,000 20,00,000
37 Ladakh 0 0 65,00,000
38 Supreme Court Legal Services Committee 0 1,00,00,000 10000000
TOTAL 1,42,00,00,000 1,00,00,00,000 1,45,30,00,000
Annexure-B
Statement as referred to in reply to Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 1034 for answering on 22.07.2022 raised by Dr. Krishna Pal Singh Yadav and Others, MPs - Legal Aid Programme
Statement showing details regarding number of persons who were provided free legal services during last three years
S. No. Name of State/UT Authority 2019-20 2020-21 2021-22
1 Andaman & Nicobar
Islands 43 65 79
2 Andhra Pradesh 4,396 4,474 6,371
3 Arunachal Pradesh 3,932 1,984 2,657
4 Assam 8,002 10,027 1,10,254
5 Bihar 60,139 38,653 16,89,158
6 Chandigarh 2,261 1,242 1,781
7 Chhattisgarh 81,713 26,814 42,394
8 Dadra & Nagar Haveli 28 10 27
9 Daman & Diu 0 0 17
10 Delhi 79,458 82,131 79,055
11 Goa 3,006 875 1,101
12 Gujarat 26,887 8,302 21,953
13 Haryana 19,019 11,059 23,260
14 Himachal Pradesh 4,368 2,083 4,806
15 Jammu & Kashmir 4,961 7,675 8,870
16 Jharkhand 30,530 1,31,691 6,49,481
17 Karnataka 1,45,015 23,211 32,794
18 Kerala 71,058 11,242 16,895
19 Ladakh 0 93 2,408
20 Lakshadweep 0 0 0
21 Madhya Pradesh 2,68,351 87,843 33,43,800
22 Maharashtra 24,060 12,278 22,595
23 Manipur 18,257 56,635 22,651
24 Meghalaya 2,914 2,131 2,346
25 Mizoram 9,473 1,670 3,201
26 Nagaland 3,691 4,231 7,750
27 Odisha 8,025 6,029 8,849
28 Puducherry 1,295 309 884
29 Punjab 1,27,829 27,096 36,404
30 Rajasthan 32,413 12,274 13,833
31 Sikkim 928 702 986
32 Tamil Nadu 35,552 26,491 38,181
33 Telangana 15,145 3,488 6,712
34 Tripura 13,595 2,156 2,671
35 Uttar Pradesh 60,819 3,545 1,32,629
36 Uttarakhand 3,018 2,343 3,775
37 West Bengal 41,956 20,906 29,015
Total 12,12,137 6,31,758 63,69,643
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