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The National Legal Services Authority (NALSA) is a statutory body of India established on 9 November 1995 under the Legal Services Authorities Act 1987.Its purpose is to provide free legal services to eligible candidates (defined in Section 12 of the Act), and to organize Lok Adalats for speedy resolution of cases.
Legal Services Authorities are statutory bodies constituted in the states of India by the Legal Services Authorities Act 1987, as enshrined by article 39-A of the Constitution of India, for providing free legal services for the citizens. [1] [2] These authorities give free legal aid to a person if he/she is not capable of bearing the ...
As per section 12 of Legal Services Authorities Act 1987, [9] free legal aid is available to following categories of citizens: [10] [11]-"A person from Scheduled Caste or Scheduled Tribe. -A person under category of beggar as per Article 23 of the Constitution or a victim of human trafficking. -Child or a woman. -Woman who is victim of rape. [12]
Kerala State Legal Services Authority is the statutory body that provides free legal aid to the people of the state of Kerala, India. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] It is one among the several state Legal Services Authorities in India which were constituted following the Legal Services Authorities Act of 1987 .
Lok Adalat [2] is a Statutory Organization under the Legal Services Authorities Act, 1987, and was created as an alternative dispute resolution mechanism in India to resolve disputes/grievances outside the conventional court system. [3] It is a forum where cases pending before panchayat, or at a pre-litigation stage in a court of law, are ...
Pro bono publico (English: 'for the public good'), usually shortened to pro bono, is a Latin phrase for professional work undertaken voluntarily and without payment. The term traditionally referred to provision of legal services by legal professionals for people who are unable to afford them.
Some referral services provide referrals to lawyers in a broad range of areas of legal practice. Others may focus on referrals within a narrow range of practice areas, or a single practice area. [6] Online lawyer referral services are sometimes called attorney-client matching services. People who contact a service may be matched with one or ...
The service serves as the backbone of administrative work [6] [7] and provides permanent bureaucracy and functionary staff in the Union Government ministries, Cabinet Secretariat, Central Secretariat and other offices of Government of India. Based on CSS service model, State governments like Bihar, Uttar Pradesh have organised their own ...