The National Legal Services Authority (NALSA) released a report on May 15 with information on the work that they have carried out since the imposition of lockdown.
In the report it is informed that over the course of this pandemic, NALSA has spearheaded a number of legal services organised by various legal services institutions throughout the country.
The release of a total of 42,529 under trial prisoners and the grant of parole to 16,391 convicts has been secured as a result of the assistance provided by various legal service institutions.
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NALSA has also collaborated with the Ministry of Women and Child development and issued directions to SLSAs to collaborate with One Stop Centres to address the issue of legal aid for domestic violence cases. Over 727 cases were reported during this time and the highest cases were reported from the State of Chhattisgarh. Out of these cases, women in 658 have received legal aid.
According to NALSA report,
A total of 310 cases were reported regarding the Threat of Eviction and State of Uttarakhand reported the highest number among these.A total of 28 urgent civil matters were filed through the legal services authorities in State of Kerala, Jammu&Kashmir, Haryana , Rajasthan & Uttar Pradesh.
To address the issues regarding implementation of legal aid services during the times of pandemic several Training programmes have been conducted for panel lawyers and para-legal volunteers across the board.
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