First All India District Legal Services Authorities Meet:

September 21, 2022 Classic IAS Academy Blog, News, The Hindu Editorial Analysis 0

  • Recently, the first All India District Legal Services Authorities Meet was held. It was held by National Legal Services Authority (NALSA).

NALSA (National Legal Services Authority):

  • The NALSA was founded in 1995 under the Legal Services Authorities Act of 1987 to monitor and review the effectiveness of legal aid programs and to develop rules and principles for providing legal services under the Act.

  • It also distributes funding and grants to state legal services authorities and non-profit organisations to help them execute legal aid systems and initiatives.
  • Article 39A of the Constitution of India provides that State shall secure that the operation of the legal system promotes justice on a basis of equal opportunity, and shall in particular, provide free legal aid, by suitable legislation or schemes or in any other way, to ensure that opportunities for securing justice are not denied to any citizen by reason of economic or other disability.
  • Articles 14 and 22(1) also make it obligatory for the State to ensure equality before law and a legal system which promotes justice on a basis of equal opportunity to all.

Objectives of Legal Services Authorities:

  1. Provide free legal aid and advice.
  2. Spread legal awareness.
  3. Organise lok adalats.
  4. Promote settlements of disputes through Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) Mechanisms. Various kinds of ADR mechanisms are Arbitration, Conciliation, Judicial settlement including settlement through Lok Adalat, or Mediation.
  5. Provide compensation to victims of crime.

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