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For conducting National Lok Adalat, A total number of 8152 Benches were constituted by 31 SLSAs, which managed to dispose of 10,42,816 cases.

New Delhi (ILNS): Legal Services Authorities have come a long way in India. On the occasion of NALSA’s 25th Anniversary, we trace the journey of legal aid in Independent India.

Congratulating the legal aid functionaries for their sincere dedication on the 25th National Legal Services Day, Hon’ble Justice N. V. Ramana, Judge, Supreme Court of India and Executive chairman of NALSA said: “Today is a historic day in the legal aid movement of India.

The Supreme Court today directed all states and UTs to provide dry ration to all sex workers, as identified by the National AIDS Control Organisation and district legal authorities, without insisting on ration card or any other identity proof, in the wake of hardships faced by them due to the pandemic.

A PIL has been filed in the Supreme Court seeking the protection of law for persons of the third gender/transgender from the sexual assault.

New Delhi: The Orissa High Court has passed an order allowing a woman to live-in with her same-sex companion in a habeas corpus plea filed by the partner.

The coronavirus pandemic has brought many new problems & challenges for the justice delivery system in the country and the role of legal aid institutions has become all the more important during such times, said Justice N. V. Ramana, Supreme Court judge & Executive Chairman of the NALSA.

A campaign to empower women was launched today by Justice N.V. Ramana, judge Supreme Court of India and also the Executive Chairman, National Legal Services Authority (NALSA).

The Supreme Court Justice N. V. Ramana said today that these testing times have resulted in new innovations which "we have to learn and embrace for betterment of society". Justice Ramana, who is the Executive Chairman NALSA, was speaking at the first ever online Lok Adalat in Delhi today.

The National Legal Services Authority has cancelled the National Lok Adalat, scheduled for September 12 in view of the unprecedented scenario caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.