Lok Sabha Question No. 3232 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-08-05
Subject: Legal Services Clinics
Ministry: LAW AND JUSTICE
Asked by: Pinaki Misra

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3232 TO BE ANSWERED ON FRIDAY, THE 5 TH  AUGUST, 2022

## Legal Services Clinics

## 3232.  SHRI PINAKI MISRA:

## Will the Minister of LAW AND JUSTICE be pleased to state:

- (a) the  details  of  Legal  Services  Clinics  set-up  in  universities,  law  colleges  and  other institutions, State and district-wise including Odisha;
- (b) the number of students involved in functioning of these Legal Services Clinics, State and district-wise including Odisha;
- (c) whether these Legal Services Clinics receive monetary support from the District Legal Services Authorities;
- (d) if so, the details thereof, State and district-wise including Odisha; and
- (e) if not, the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF LAW & JUSTICE (SHRI KIREN RIJIJU)

- (a) to (e) The State wise details of number of Legal Services Clinics set up in Universities, Law  Colleges  and  other  institutions  as  on  June,  2022  along  with  number  of  students involved in functioning of these clinics are at Annexure - A. The National Legal Services Authority (Legal Services Clinics) Regulation, 2011 has no specific provisions to provide monetary  grants  to  Legal  Services  Clinics  by  the  State  /  District  Legal  Services Authority. However, in some cases basic infrastructure like computers and furniture has been provided through NALSA Legal Aid Fund as non-recurring expenses. In addition, the  panel  lawyers  and  para  legal  volunteers  engaged  in  the  Legal  Aid  Clinics  are  paid honorarium at the rate of Rs. 500 per day and Rs. 250 per day respectively.

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Statement as referred to in reply to Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 3232 for answering on 05.08.2022 raised by Shri Pinaki Misra, MP - Legal Services Clinics

Statement  containing  details  of  number  of  Legal  Services  Clinics  set  up  in  Universities,  Law  Colleges  and  other institutions as on June, 2022 alongwith number of students involved in functioning of these clinics.

|   S.No. | Name of the State/UT Legal Services Authorities   | Number of Legal Services Clinics set up in Universities, Law Colleges and other institutions as on June, 2022   | Number of students involved in functioning of these Legal Services Clinics   |
|---------|---------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|       1 | Andhra Pradesh                                    | 34                                                                                                              | 194                                                                          |
|       2 | Arunachal Pradesh                                 | 3                                                                                                               | 5                                                                            |
|       3 | Assam                                             | 25                                                                                                              | 675                                                                          |
|       4 | Bihar                                             | 54                                                                                                              | 66                                                                           |
|       5 | Chhattisgarh                                      | 16                                                                                                              | 71                                                                           |
|       6 | Goa                                               | 10                                                                                                              | 408                                                                          |
|       7 | Gujarat                                           | 128                                                                                                             | 1105                                                                         |
|       8 | Haryana                                           | 31                                                                                                              | 626                                                                          |
|       9 | Himachal Pradesh                                  | 28                                                                                                              | 16                                                                           |
|      10 | Jammu and Kashmir                                 | 23                                                                                                              | 77                                                                           |
|      11 | Jharkhand                                         | 7                                                                                                               | 268                                                                          |
|      12 | Karnataka                                         | 139                                                                                                             | 960                                                                          |
|      13 | Kerala                                            | 25                                                                                                              | 1923                                                                         |
|      14 | Madhya Pradesh                                    | 391                                                                                                             | 489                                                                          |
|      15 | Maharashtra                                       | 74                                                                                                              | 441                                                                          |
|      16 | Manipur                                           | 3                                                                                                               | 0                                                                            |
|      17 | Meghalaya                                         | 4                                                                                                               | 830                                                                          |
|      18 | Mizoram                                           | No                                                                                                              | Nil                                                                          |
|      19 | Nagaland                                          | 4                                                                                                               | 19                                                                           |
|      20 | Odisha                                            | 47                                                                                                              | 554                                                                          |
|      21 | Punjab                                            | 37                                                                                                              | 129                                                                          |
|      22 | Rajasthan                                         | 93                                                                                                              | Nil                                                                          |
|      23 | Sikkim                                            | 2                                                                                                               | 88                                                                           |
|      24 | Tamil Nadu                                        | 24                                                                                                              | 293                                                                          |
|      25 | Telangana                                         | 19                                                                                                              | 143                                                                          |
|      26 | Tripura                                           | 3                                                                                                               | 30                                                                           |
|      27 | Uttar Pradesh                                     | 256                                                                                                             | 2669                                                                         |
|      28 | Uttarakhand                                       | 68                                                                                                              | 107                                                                          |
|      29 | West Bengal                                       | 148                                                                                                             | 399                                                                          |
|      30 | Andaman and Nicobar Islands                       | 1                                                                                                               | 26                                                                           |
|      31 | Chandigarh                                        | 3                                                                                                               | 178                                                                          |
|      32 | Dadra and Nagar Haveli                            | 1                                                                                                               | Nil                                                                          |
|      33 | Daman and Diu                                     | There is no Law College and University in Daman and Diu Districts                                               | 0                                                                            |
|      34 | Delhi                                             | 5                                                                                                               | 52                                                                           |
|      35 | Lakshadweep                                       | Nil                                                                                                             | Nil                                                                          |
|      36 | Ladakh                                            | Nil                                                                                                             | Nil                                                                          |
|      37 | Puducherry                                        | 9                                                                                                               | 9                                                                            |