National Legal Services Authority

CJI Ramana stated that people who are suffering do not look for well dressed, erudite lawyers or colossal court buildings. All they want is to be relieved of their pain quickly, without exhausting all their resources.

Chief Justice of Inida Justice N.V. Ramana, the Patron-in-Chief of the National Legal Services Authority, and Justice U.U. Lalit, the Executive Chairman of NALSA, today called on President of India Ramnath Kovind.

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.

The Delhi High Court division bench granted further time to the respondents to file their replies in a plea filed by a transgender woman seeking issuance of a new passport with the required changes in name and gender of the petitioner.

A preparatory national-level webinar was organized by NALSA on “National Lok Adalat: Challenges and way forward” which was conceptualized with the aim to sensitize all Chairpersons and Secretaries of District Legal Services Authorities to ensure smooth and proper functioning of next National Lok Adalat.

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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.

The petitioner stated, that the measures laid down by the Supreme Court in National Legal Services Authority v. Union of India must be implemented.

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.

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.