Lok Sabha Question No. 1041 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-07-22
Subject: Samta Nyay Kendras
Ministry: LAW AND JUSTICE
Asked by: Pritam Gopinath Munde, Girish Bhalchandra Bapat, Rahul Ramesh Shewale, Chandra Sekhar Sahu

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF LAW AND JUSTICE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1041 TO BE ANSWERED ON FRIDAY, THE 22 nd  JULY, 2022

## Samta Nyay Kendras

## 1041.  DR. PRITAM GOPINATHRAO MUNDE: SHRI GIRISH BHALCHANDRA BAPAT: SHRI RAHUL RAMESH SHEWALE: SHRI CHANDRA SEKHAR SAHU:

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

- (a) the aims and objectives for setting up of Samta Nyay Kendras in the country;
- (b) the number of Samta Nyay Kendras functioning presently in the country, State/UTwise including Odisha and Maharashtra;
- (c) the  number  of  people  benefited  through  the  Samta  Nyay  Kendras  till  date  in  the country, State/UT-wise including Odisha and Maharashtra;
- (d) whether  the  Government  proposes  to  open  more  Nyay  Kendras  for  helping  the marginalized communities in the country; and
- (e) if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

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

- (a) to (c) Under  the  National Legal  Services Authority (Legal Services Clinics) Regulations, 2011, the District Legal Services Authority (DLSA), UT Chandigarh in association with Chandigarh State Aids Control Society and Association of Professional Social Workers & Development Practitioners (APSWDP), has opened a

Legal Services Clinic, exclusively to provide legal services to transgender community, which is named as 'Samta Nyay Kendra'.

The objective of this Kendra is to provide counselling and help the transgenders in redressal of their legal grievances. For this purpose, Panel Lawyers and Para Legal Volunteers are deputed on need-based assignments by the DLSA. The effort  is  to  provide  legal  services  through  the  Para  Legal  Volunteers  from  within members of the transgender community in an inclusive atmosphere. The said Kendra is  also  spreading  legal  awareness  regarding  various  rights  and  entitlements  of  the transgender  persons.  Apart  from  Chandigarh,  five  such  exclusive  Legal  Services Clinics have also been set up at locations having predominant transgender community in  five  districts  of  Tamil  Nadu  namely  Namakkal,  Tiruvallur,  Tirunelveli,  Madurai and  Thanjavur.  The  details  of  transgenders  benefitted  by  services  of  these  clinics during June 2021 to June 2022 are as under.

| S.No.   | State/UT   | District    | Number of Beneficiaries   |
|---------|------------|-------------|---------------------------|
| 1       | Chandigarh | Chandigarh  | 265                       |
| 2       | Tamil Nadu | Namakkal    | 174                       |
| 3       | Tamil Nadu | Tiruvallur  | 522                       |
| 4       | Tamil Nadu | Tirunelveli | 243                       |
| 5       | Tamil Nadu | Madurai     | 143                       |
| 6       | Tamil Nadu | Thanjavur   | 198                       |
|         |            | Total       | 1,545                     |

(d) and  (e)  Presently,  there  is  no  plan  to  open  such  exclusive  legal  services  clinics  at other places.