The Legal Services Authorities Act, 1987
Central Act · Act 39 of 198740 provisions56 citing judgments
The enactment
| Long title | An Act to constitute legal services authorities to provide free and competent legal services to the weaker sections of the society to ensure that opportunities for securing justice are not denied to any citizen by reason of economic or other disabilities, and to organise Lok Adalats to secure that the operation of the legal system promotes justice on a basis of equal opportunity. |
|---|---|
| Type | Act |
| Citation | Act 39 of 1987 |
| Year | 1987 |
| Jurisdiction | Central |
| Ministry | Ministry of Law and Justice |
| Status | In force as published by the source |
| Provisions published | 40 |
| Subjects | civil |
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- Section 1 Short title, extent and commencement.
- Section 2 Definitions.1 citing judgment
- Section 3 Constitution of the National Legal Services Authority.2 citing judgments
- Section 3A Supreme Court Legal Services Committee.1 citing judgment
- Section 4 Functions of the Central Authority.1 citing judgment
- Section 5 Central Authority to work in coordination with other agencies.
- Section 6 Constitution of State Legal Services Authority.
- Section 7 Functions of the State Authority.
- Section 8 State Authority to act in coordination with other agencies, etc., and be subject to directions given by the Central Authority.
- Section 8A High Court Legal Services Committee.
- Section 9 District Legal Services Authority.1 citing judgment
- Section 10 Functions of the District Authority.
- Section 11 District Authority to act in coordination with other agencies and be subject to directions given by the Central Authority, etc.
- Section 11A Taluk Legal Services Committee.
- Section 11B Functions of Taluk Legal Services Committee.
- Section 12 Criteria for giving legal services.1 citing judgment
- Section 13 Entitlement of legal services.
- Section 14 Grants by the Central Government.
- Section 15 National Legal Aid Fund.
- Section 16 State Legal Aid Fund.
- Section 17 District Legal Aid Fund.
- Section 18 Accounts and audit.1 citing judgment
- Section 19 Organisation of Lok Adalats.39 citing judgments
- Section 20 Cognizance of cases by Lok Adalats.2 citing judgments
- Section 21 Award of Lok Adalat.4 citing judgments
- Section 22 Powers of Lok Adalat or Permanent Lok Adalat.2 citing judgments
- Section 22A Definitions.
- Section 22B Establishment of Permanent Lok Adalats.
- Section 22C Cognizance of cases by Permanent Lok Adalat.1 citing judgment
- Section 22D Procedure of Permanent Lok Adalat.
- Section 22E Award of Permanent Lok Adalat to be final.
- Section 23 Members and staff of Authorities, Committees and Lok Adalats to be public servants.
- Section 24 Protection of action taken in good faith.
- Section 25 Act to have overriding effect.
- Section 26 Power to remove difficulties.
- Section 27 Power of Central Government to make rules.
- Section 28 Power of State Government to make rules.
- Section 29 Power of Central Authority to make regulations.
- Section 29A Power of State Authority to make regulations.
- Section 30 Laying of rules and regulations
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