The aforesaid observation was made by Hon’ble Mr. Justice N.V. Ramana, Chief Justice of India & Patron-in-Chief, National Legal Services Authority (NALSA) during the 32nd Central Authority Meeting of NALSA.
Free legal aid and the assurance of its universal availability is important to keep police excesses in check, CJI NV Ramana said recently. He also noted how police stations are the places where rights are easily trampled upon resulting often in custodial deaths and other excesses.
The Supreme Court bench directed that NALSA should issue directions to all the State Legal Service Authorities to ensure that all panel advocates should visit the jail and advise the convicts about their legal rights and assist them in drafting the application to pursue their remedy of premature release.
President Ram Nath Kovind nominated Justice Uday Umesh Lalit as the Executive Chairman of the National Legal Services Authority. He succeeds CJI N.V. Ramana, who held the post earlier.
Justice NV Ramana, the Supreme Court Judge and Executive Chairman of the NALSA today while addressing students of the Damodaran Sanjivayya National Law University
In a democratic country like India, access to justice forms the bedrock of the rule of law, said Justice N V Ramana, the second senior most judge at the Supreme Court while addressing at an event here on Monday