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02/08/23 06:48 AM IST

Free legal aid and advice through Nyaya Bandhu program

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  • Nyaya Bandhu’s (Pro Bono Legal Services) primary initiative is to establish a framework for dispensation of pro bono legal services across the country.
About Nyaya bandhu Program
  • Under Section 12 of the Legal Services Authority Act 1987, applicants who are marginalized or disadvantaged including ST, SC, victims of trafficking or begging, women or children, PWDs, and other eligible categories, are entitled to get free legal aid & advice through Department of Justice’s Nyaya Bandhu program.
  • Under Nyaya Bandhu, practising advocates, interested to volunteer their time and services, are connected, via mobile technology, with eligible marginalised beneficiaries.
  • Nyaya Bandhu Mobile application (Android/IOS) has been developed and also onboarded on the UMANG platform in collaboration with technical partner CSC e-Governance Pvt. Ltd.
  • Every High Court (through its Registrar General), invites applications from Advocates, practicing before the Hon’ble Court, and who are keen to volunteer pro bono legal services to the marginalized, to become part of the ‘Nyaya Bandhu panel’.
  • As part of this panel, the advocate is expected to render timely & quality pro bono advice to beneficiaries appearing before the respective High Court.
  • The implementation and moderation framework for this initiative is web based, with each High Court are provided with a unique login to register the names of the Nyaya Bandhu panel members.
Source- PIB

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