Lok Sabha Question No. 5504 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-03-28
Subject: District Legal Services Authority
Ministry: LAW AND JUSTICE
Asked by: PARVESH SAHIB SINGH

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF LAW AND JUSTICE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

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## LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 5504

TO BE ANSWERED ON WEDNESDAY, THE 28 TH  MARCH, 2018

## District Legal Services Authority

## 5504.  SHRI PARVESH SAHIB SINGH:

Will the Minister of LAW AND JUSTICE be pleased to state?

- (a) the  number  of  District  legal  services  authorities  and  Taluka  legal  services  committees established, State-wise including Delhi as on 1 st March, 2018;
- (b)   the number of panel lawyers/paralegal volunteers appointed by legal aid authorities as on 1 st March, 2018, State-wise including Delhi; and
- (c)    the  number of legal aid clinics established by legal aid   authorities as on 1 st January, 2018, State-wise including Delhi?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE FOR LAW & JUSTICE AND CORPORATE AFFAIRS (SHRI P.P.CHAUDHARY)

- (a) State-wise  number  of  District  legal  services  authorities  and  Taluka  legal  services committees including in Delhi as on 1 st March, 2018 are given in Annexure-I.
- (b) State-wise  number  of  panel  lawyers/  Para  Legal  Volunteers  (PLVs)  appointed  by legal aid authorities including in Delhi as on 1 st March, 2018 are given in AnnexureII.
- (c) National Legal Services Authority (NALSA) has established 20,134 legal aid clinics in the country.  In addition, under Access to Justice Project 46 legal aid clinics were set up by the Government in Tuensang and Mon districts of Nagaland in 2016-17. The Government  in  partnership  with  UNDP  also  implemented  another  project  during 2009-2017 on Access to Justice. Under the project, 4 legal aid clinics were set up in Odisha in partnership with National Law University, Odisha and 2 legal aid clinics were set up in Mumbai in partnership with Tata Institute of Social Sciences.  Thus the total number of legal aid clinics comes to 20,186.  The State-wise details of which are given in Annexure III.

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## Annexure-I

## ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a) OF THE LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.  5504 FOR 28.03.2018 REGARDING DISTRICT LEGAL SERVICES AUTHORITY.

| S.No.   | State Legal Services Aduthorities   |   Total No. of District Legal Services Authorities established |   Total No. of Taluk Legal Services Committees established |
|---------|-------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------|
| 1       | Andhra Pradesh                      |                                                             13 |                                                        138 |
| 2       | Arunachal Pradesh                   |                                                             20 |                                                         00 |
| 3       | Assam                               |                                                             22 |                                                         03 |
| 4       | Bihar                               |                                                             37 |                                                         15 |
| 5       | Chhattisgarh                        |                                                             22 |                                                         65 |
| 6       | Goa                                 |                                                              2 |                                                         11 |
| 7       | Gujarat                             |                                                             31 |                                                        234 |
| 8       | Haryana                             |                                                             22 |                                                         34 |
| 9       | Himachal Pradesh                    |                                                             11 |                                                         42 |
| 10      | Jammu and Kashmir                   |                                                             22 |                                                         68 |
| 11      | Jharkhand                           |                                                             24 |                                                          4 |
| 12      | Karnataka                           |                                                             30 |                                                        148 |
| 13      | Kerala                              |                                                             14 |                                                         62 |
| 14      | Madhya Pradesh                      |                                                             50 |                                                        149 |
| 15      | Maharashtra                         |                                                             33 |                                                        303 |
| 16      | Manipur                             |                                                              9 |                                                         00 |
| 17      | Meghalaya                           |                                                             11 |                                                         04 |
| 18      | Mizoram                             |                                                              8 |                                                         00 |
| 19      | Nagaland                            |                                                             11 |                                                         00 |
| 20      | Orissa                              |                                                             30 |                                                         88 |
| 21      | Punjab                              |                                                             22 |                                                         40 |
| 22      | Rajasthan                           |                                                             35 |                                                        181 |
| 23      | Sikkim                              |                                                             04 |                                                         06 |
| 24      | Tamil Nadu                          |                                                             32 |                                                        150 |
| 25      | Telangana                           |                                                             11 |                                                         78 |
| 26      | Tripura                             |                                                              5 |                                                         14 |
| 27      | Uttar Pradesh                       |                                                             71 |                                                        304 |
| 28      | Uttarakhand                         |                                                             13 |                                                         31 |
| 29      | West Bengal                         |                                                             19 |                                                         42 |
| 30      | Andaman & Nicobar                   |                                                             01 |                                                         03 |
| 31      | Chandigarh                          |                                                              1 |                                                         00 |
| 32      | Dadra & Nagar Haveli                |                                                              1 |                                                         00 |
| 33      | Daman & Diu                         |                                                             02 |                                                         00 |
| 34      | Delhi                               |                                                             11 |                                                         00 |
| 35      | Lakshadweep                         |                                                             00 |                                                          2 |
| 36      | Puducherry                          |                                                              1 |                                                          3 |
|         | Total                               |                                                            651 |                                                       2222 |

## Annexure-II

## ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (b) OF THE LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.  5504 FOR 28.03.2018 REGARDING DISTRICT LEGAL SERVICES AUTHORITY (DLSA).

| S. No.   | Name of the SLSAs    | Total No. of Panel Lawyers appointed   | Total number of Para Legal Volunteers on the panel of the Legal Services Institutions.   |
|----------|----------------------|----------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| 1        | Andhra Pradesh       | 2798                                   | 2032                                                                                     |
| 2        | Arunachal Pradesh    | 202                                    | 787                                                                                      |
| 3        | Assam                | 702                                    | 1614                                                                                     |
| 4        | Bihar                | 2085                                   | 4495                                                                                     |
| 5        | Chhattisgarh         | 2097                                   | 2843                                                                                     |
| 6        | Goa                  | 152                                    | 379                                                                                      |
| 7        | Gujarat              | 2876                                   | 3849                                                                                     |
| 8        | Haryana              | 1613                                   | 1431                                                                                     |
| 9        | Himachal Pradesh     | 1329                                   | 5786                                                                                     |
| 10       | Jammu and Kashmir    | 333                                    | 372                                                                                      |
| 11       | Jharkhand            | 1310                                   | 2499                                                                                     |
| 12       | Karnataka            | 2701                                   | 3639                                                                                     |
| 13       | Kerala               | 3274                                   | 2566                                                                                     |
| 14       | Madhya Pradesh       | 7181                                   | 5632                                                                                     |
| 15       | Maharashtra          | 4376                                   | 4853                                                                                     |
| 16       | Manipur              | 141                                    | 668                                                                                      |
| 17       | Meghalaya            | 105                                    | 818                                                                                      |
| 18       | Mizoram              | 70                                     | 170                                                                                      |
| 19       | Nagaland             | 111                                    | 190                                                                                      |
| 20       | Orissa               | 2759                                   | 5034                                                                                     |
| 21       | Punjab               | 1,566                                  | 2121                                                                                     |
| 22       | Rajasthan            | 3278                                   | 3254                                                                                     |
| 23       | Sikkim               | 182                                    | 730                                                                                      |
| 24       | Tamil Nadu           | 10,216                                 | 3518                                                                                     |
| 25       | Telangana            | 1166                                   | 2724                                                                                     |
| 26       | Tripura              | 503                                    | 526                                                                                      |
| 27       | Uttar Pradesh        | 2578                                   | 4143                                                                                     |
| 28       | Uttarakhand          | 411                                    | 849                                                                                      |
| 29       | West Bengal          | 3679                                   | 1519                                                                                     |
| 30       | Andaman & Nicobar    | 32                                     | 59                                                                                       |
| 31       | Chandigarh           | 63                                     | 68                                                                                       |
| 32       | Dadra & Nagar Haveli | 14                                     | 11                                                                                       |
| 33       | Daman & Diu          | 30                                     | 59                                                                                       |
| 34       | Delhi                | 1351                                   | 3863                                                                                     |
| 35       | Lakshadweep          | 11                                     | 89                                                                                       |
| 36       | Puducherry           | 298                                    | 406                                                                                      |
|          | Total                | 61,593                                 | 73,596                                                                                   |

## Annexure-III

## ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (c) OF THE LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.  5504 FOR 28.03.2018 REGARDING DISTRICT LEGAL SERVICES AUTHORITY.

| S.NO         | State Legal Services Authority   | Number of legal aid clinics established (as on 01.01.2018)   |
|--------------|----------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------|
| 1            | Andaman & Nicobar Islands        | 0                                                            |
| 2            | Andhra Pradesh                   | 858                                                          |
| 3            | Arunachal Pradesh                | 21                                                           |
| 4            | Assam                            | 186                                                          |
| 5            | Bihar                            | 261                                                          |
| 6            | Chhattisgarh                     | 493                                                          |
| 7            | Dadra & Nagar Haveli             | 13                                                           |
| 8            | Daman & Diu                      | 7                                                            |
| 9            | Delhi                            | 50                                                           |
| 10           | Goa                              | 120                                                          |
| 11           | Gujarat                          | 638                                                          |
| 12           | Haryana                          | 506                                                          |
| 13           | Himachal Pradesh                 | 1010                                                         |
| 14           | Jammu & Kashmir                  | 215                                                          |
| 15           | Jharkhand                        | 498                                                          |
| 16           | Karnataka                        | 876                                                          |
| 17           | Kerala                           | 652                                                          |
| 18           | Lakshadweep *                    |                                                              |
| 19           | Madhya Pradesh                   | 1138                                                         |
| 20           | Maharashtra                      | 647                                                          |
| 21           | Manipur                          | 81                                                           |
| 22           | Meghalaya                        | 133                                                          |
| 23           | Mizoram                          | 102                                                          |
| 24           | Nagaland                         | 170                                                          |
| 25           | Odisha                           | 526                                                          |
| 26           | Puducherry                       | 63                                                           |
| 27           | Punjab                           | 526                                                          |
| 28           | Rajasthan                        | 7432                                                         |
| 29           | Sikkim                           | 31                                                           |
| 30           | Tamil Nadu                       | 818                                                          |
| 31           | Telengana                        | 392                                                          |
| 32           | Tripura                          | 370                                                          |
| 33           | U. T. Chandigarh                 | 19                                                           |
| 34           | Uttar Pradesh                    | 181                                                          |
| 35           | Uttarakhand                      | 267                                                          |
| 36           | West Bengal                      | 886                                                          |
| Total 20,186 | Total 20,186                     | Total 20,186                                                 |