Legal Services Authority

• West Tripura’s District Legal Services Authority has organized a Door-to-Door Legal Aid Campaign.

DISTRICT LEGAL SERVICE AUTHORITY (DLSA)

• DLSA is formed under Legal Services Authorities Act, 1987 to provide free and legal aid and services to the weaker sections of this society to make sure that opportunities for securing justice are not denied to any citizen by reason of economic or other disabilities.
• Legal Services Authorities are statutory bodies that are formed or constituted in the various states of India by the Legal Services Authorities Act, 1987. Justice P.N. Bhagwati formed DLSA under the Legal Aid Committee formed in 1971.
• Article 39-A of the Indian Constitution deals with the provision of providing free legal services to the citizens of India. The provision is applicable to the citizens if they are unable to bear the expenditure of the legal services. It also helps the defendant in a case by appointing a lawyer in order to act for him in legal aspects.
• Section 2(a) of the Legal Services Authorities Act, 1987 states that the term ‘district authority’ means a District Legal Services Authority which is constituted under Section 9 of the Act. The DSLA is a statutory body organized at the district levels in order to provide effective monitoring of legal aid programmes and their composition. The provisions related to DLSA are dealt with under Section 9 and Section 10 of the Act.
• District Legal Services Authority is constituted in every District so that there must be proper implementation of Legal Aid Programmes and Schemes in the District.