Q. With reference to the National Legal Services Authority, consider the following statements:
Its objective is to provide free legal services to weaker sections of the society.
It distributes funding and grants to state legal services authorities and non-profit organisations to help them execute legal aid systems and initiatives.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct? Answer:
Both 1 & 2
Notes:
National Legal Services Authority was founded in 1995 under the Legal Services Authorities Act of 1987to monitor and review the effectiveness of legal aid programs and to develop rules and principles for providing legal services under the Act. Its objective is to provide free and competent legal services to the weaker sections of the society on the basis of equal opportunity. It issues guidelines for the State Legal Services Authorities to implement the legal programmes and schemes throughout the country.
It also distributes funding and grants to state legal services authorities and non-profit organisations to help them execute legal aid systems and initiatives.
Women and children; members of SC/ST; industrial workmen; victims of mass disaster, violence, flood, drought, earthquake, industrial disaster; disabled persons; persons in custody; those persons who have annual income of less than the amount prescribed by the respective State Government, if the case is before any court other than the Supreme Court, and less than Rs. 5 Lakhs, if the case is before the Supreme Court; victims of Trafficking in Human beings or beggar are eligible for getting free legal services.