Aditya SrivastavaAIR 1 · CSE 2023 · 184 wordsTheir whole copy
Opening · a constitutional or legal provision
The Article 41 of Constitution exhorts to provide free legal aid and Article 39A was the basis for Legal Services Authorities.
Body · points
Role played by District Legal Services Authority
- Providing free legal aid
- have separate cadre of lawyers for the poor.
- Accessible justice due to near zero cost of justice.
- provide necessary support to poor in filing & administrative work.
- Disseminating legal awareness
- Organize weekly or monthly camps for awareness.
Eg: Nyaya camps in Lucknow.
- Provide pamphlets door to door.
- Have even started radio based awareness drives at some places.
However, there are lacunae
- Lack of adequate funding → depend on NGOs support.
- Lack of top quality lawyers → justice not equal.
- Lack of adequate infrastructure → mostly dont even have offices with printer, scanner, etc.
- Tedious nature of our legal system → 5 crore pendency (NJDG data) → unaccessible justice.
Way forward
- Compulsory intern for the law college graduates.
- Provide top quality lawyers via negotiating with Bar Councils.
Close · a way forward
This would help to uphold Justice as in Preamble.