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25/08/23 07:51 AM IST

Launch of Tele-Law 2.0

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  • Committed to fulfill the Constitutional mandate of Article 39 A to ensure Access to Justice, Department of Justice (DoJ) is celebrating its Tele-Law 2.0 at Siri Fort Auditorium, New Delhi.
Tele-Law 2.0
  • The event is being organized by Department of Justice and is supported by CSC e- Governance Services India Limited. The event exemplifies the Government’s vision to strengthen the legal aid eco-system and to ensure “Justice for All”.
  • It integrates this legal advice service under Tele-Law with legal representation services under Nyaya Bandhu (Pro Bono) programme.
  • This would enable the common citizen to access legal advice, legal assistance and legal representation through a single registration and single gateway of Tele-Law.
  • The Tele-Law programme comes under the Department of Justice, Ministry of Law and Justice and was launched in 2017.
  • It is an e-interface mechanism to seek legal advice and consultation at a pre-litigation stage with the aim of ‘Reaching the Unreached’.
  • The programme connects needy and marginalised people in need of legal aid with the Panel Lawyers via video conferencing/telephonic facilities available at Common Service Centres (CSCs) situated at the panchayat level. In addition, the service can also be accessed through the Tele-Law Mobile App.
  • A Panel Lawyer is a practicing advocate selected by the Department of Justice and CSC-eGovernance Services or registered on the Panel of State /District Legal Services Authority.
Eligibility
  • Legal advice is made available to everyone under Tele-Law service. Advice is free of Cost to those who are eligible for free legal aid under Section 12 of LSA Act, 1987.
  • Women
  • Children
  • Persons belonging to Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe
  • Victims of Trafficking
  • Mentally ill and differently-abled people
  • Victims of natural disaster/ethnic violence
  • Workers in unorganized sector/industrial workers
  • Undertrials
  • People of low-income group
  • For all others, a nominal fee of Rs. 30/- is charged for each consultation.
Source- PIB

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