‘Legal Services Institutions should reach out to the marginalised’
IFP Bureau9 Nov 2023
Scope of legal services should be expanded to reach all those who require legal assistance, Manipur HC chief justice Siddharth Mridul said.
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Scope of legal services should be expanded to reach all those who require legal assistance, Manipur HC chief justice Siddharth Mridul said.
Justice A Bimol Singh stated that the LADCS aims to provide free legal aid and assistance to poor and needy individuals with respect to representation or conducting trial and appeals including all miscellaneous work in all criminal matters.
The offices of Legal Aid Defense Counsel System (LADCS) for Imphal West and Imphal East were inaugurated on Saturday.
A total of 430 cases which include both pre-litigation and pending court cases on bank recovery matters, BSNL bill matters, matrimonial cases, criminal compoundable cases, civil cases, Motor Accident Claims cases and NI Act cases were taken up during the first National Lok Adalat of 2023.
A legal awareness programme, organised by the Manipur State Legal Services Authority (MASLSA), deliberated on the theme ‘Legal rights as well as importance of economic empowerment of women prisoners’.
India has about four crore pending court cases in the district courts, about 58 lakh cases in various high courts and about 70,000 cases pending in the Supreme Court.
The Lok Adalat was organised in association with High Court Legal Services Committee and District Legal Services Authorities for the year, 2022 on March 12, 2022 at various places across the state.
Altogether, 2,409 (2,150 pre-litigation and 259 pending) cases were referred so far to be put up at the upcoming National Lok Adalat in the state which is sheduled on March 12.
The National Lok Adalat 2022 to be held on March 12 will be conducted in offline mode for pending court cases.
The District Legal Services Authority, Tamenglong held an online legal awareness programme on the topic, ‘Sponsorship of Children Under the Juvenile (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2015’ in collaboration with the Manipur State Legal Services Authority (MASLA) under the aegis of NALSA.
An online capacity building programme for Para Legal Volunteers of Tamenglong and Noney District was organised on Monday on the topic “Law relating to Maintenance of Wives, Children and Parents”.
How legal issues would be solved if the people do not know why the Constitution was created in the first place, MASLSA executive chairman justice Kh Nobin Singh said during an interactive programme held on the theme ‘Legal Services in 2020-21: Review and Way Forward’.
Freedom of expression has been given to the citizens of India under Article 19(1)(a) but nobody has seen Article 19 (2)., judge Guneshwar Sharma said.
The Manipur High Court chief justice said that the reality is that in most of the cases, litigations came from the ignorance, so the Legal Services Authority is to educate and sensitize them.
A Legal Awareness campaign on the topic ‘Issues and challenges faced by senior citizens’ was organised at the Old Aged Homes of Imphal East district.
During the mobile awareness programme, a total of around 1,253 people were interacted and they were provided awareness on availability of free legal aid and services.
essential items such as Masks, Hand sanitiser, and dry ration etc. were distributed to charity homes.
Ojesh Mutum who joined the programme virtually, spoke on the need for all stakeholders to collaborate and cooperate for the success of the Pan-India awareness and outreach campaign of NALSA.
A total of 392 cases were taken up on Saturday, of which 316 cases were settled with a total settlement amount of Rs. 3,28,40,731.
The National Lok Adalat for Imphal East and West district was jointly held at ADR Building, Lamphel Court Complex. It was also held at Bishnupur, Thoubal, Ukhrul, Senapati, Churachandpur, Chandel districts and in the High Court of Manipur.