District Legal Services Authority

The District Legal Services Authority works at the district level

Composition

The District Judge who shall be its Chairman;
Such number of other members, possessing such experience and qualifications, as may be prescribed by the State Government, to be nominated by that Government in consultation with the Chief Justice of the High Court.
Like other legal services authority, it also provides for the appointment of people from bench, bar, social groups etc. which is good for understanding the grievance of disputing parties and convincing them to settle the disputes amicably through Lok Adalat.

Like other legal services authority, it also provides for the appointment of people from bench, bar, social groups etc. which is good for understanding the grievance of disputing parties and convincing them to settle the disputes amicably through Lok Adalat. It is bound to do the functions assigned to it by State Legal Services Authority. Provisions like small tenure of the members and the maintenance of accounts prevent the chances of malpractices in the legal services authority.

The Taluka Legal services Authority works at the grass root level and many times it happens that due to ignorance of their rights or poverty people fail to make proper legal representation in their case which leads to injustice. So it is in the interest of justice that needy people should get the free legal assistance at the grass root level. Taluka Legal Services Authority provides free legal aid at this important level. It is a useful mechanism to end the dispute at the initial stage which will save the parties from harassment of long proceeding and at the same time it will reduce the burden the courts