About Legal Services
Legal services are the services given to a common man in India. When a wrong is done to a person, he restrains from coming to the court because he doesn't have that much money to hire the service of an advocate and to pay the court fees. Moreover, If we opt to file a case before a court then he will have to leave his job or he will have to take off from his job then he will also have to lose his one day's earning. There are many other problems that are creating hindrances in the path of administering justice like delay in disposal of dispute. In most cases, it is seen that the disposal of the case takes a very long time. Once a case has been filed, it sometimes goes on and on or even takes a generation to get to be concluded. Legal Services Authorities Act was enacted to take care of such problems and to bring justice at the doorstep of a Person. As we discussed that delay in disposal of disputes also aids in the problem and makes difficult for the people to get their disputes solved. So looking into this problem, this Act provides the organization of Lok Adalat which is an alternated form of dispute resolution. We also provide Legal Services for different types of businesses at an affordable price.
Functions of State Legal Services Authority
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To give effect to the policies and directions of the Central Authority. |
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To provide legal service to persons who satisfy the criteria laid down in the Legal Services Authorities Act, 1987. |
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To conduct Lok Adalats at various levels. |
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To encourage the settlement of disputes by way of Negotiation, Arbitration and Conciliation. |
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To secure the legal rights of poor, down trodden and weaker section of the society. |
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To ensure that the operation of the legal system promotes justice on a basis of equal opportunity. |
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To give people a platform where they receive effective counseling in order to resolve their disputes in an amicable manner and at pre-litigative stage. |
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To carry out legal literacy campaign across the Union Territory,Chandigarh. |
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To publicize legal aid schemes so that the target group, for whom Legal Services Authorities Act has provided for free legal aid, may come to know about the same and approach the concerned legal service functionaries. |
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To make special efforts to enlist the support of voluntary social welfare institutions working at the grass-root level, particularly among the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes, Women and Rural and Urban labour. |
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To act in coordination with other governmental agencies, non-governmental voluntary social service institutions, universities and other bodies engaged in the work of promoting the cause of legal services to the poor. |
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To sensitize people about the aims and objectives of the Legal Services Authorities Act, 1987 and their legal rights. |
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To perform such other functions as the State Authority may, in consultation with the Central Authority, prescribe by regulations. |
Services of Legal Service Authority
Legal Services Authority Act provides many services to the common people and they are
Free Legal Awareness The primary purpose of the Legal Services Authority Act is to provide education about legal laws and schemes provided by the government. As the law is a vast subject, everything cannot be taught to the people. So the concepts and some of the rules of the laws have been taught to the people by the Legal Service Authority. Different types of activities are organized by the Legal Service Authority such as to establish legal camps and legal aid clinics. These legal camps are established in many of the places within the cities for some time to educate and aware the people about the rules and regulations of the law of the Indian Government. The legal camps can also be established in villages, colleges, and schools. Different types of topics of laws are been discussed with the students and people within the camps. Through the help of legal camps, the students and peoples can be educated about the legal laws of the Indian Government. The common people can consult and take advice from the legal aid clinics established near their vicinity. The complaints of the common people can also be solved taking the help of the legal aids and legal clinics. The legal camps create awareness about the legal rules and laws to the common people to educate them about the Indian Government. The Government schemes are also discussed within the legal camps and legal aid clinics.
Free Legal Aid Counsel If any person had to defend or file a case in the court and he does not have sufficient money to hire his personal advocate then he can take the help of the Free Legal Aid Counsel. The Free Legal Aid Counsel comes under the Legal Services Authority Act and the Free Legal Aid Counsel has the responsibility to help the poor people to get justice. The Legal Service Authority creates a panel in which different advocates are selected and they work for the Legal Service Authority to help the common people. There are many categories that have been classified by the Legal Service Authority in order to provide them the favorable schemes. If the person or any children fall among the category then he is eligible for the schemes of Legal Aid Counsel.