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Sangrur: Legal Aid Defense Council Office inaugurated at DLSA
Daljeet Kaur
Sangrur, January 31, 2023: Under the aegis of the National Legal Services Authority, Punjab State Legal Services Authority, SAS Nagar, the Legal Aid Defense Counsel System has been established in the office of the District Legal Services Authority, Sangrur, and the same was inaugurated through virtual mode by Justice Ravi Shanker Jha, Chief Justice, Punjab & Haryana High Court and Patron-in-Chief Punjab State Legal Services Authority in the august presence of Justice Tejinder Singh Dhindsa, Judge, Punjab & Haryana High Court cum Executive Chairman, Punjab State Legal Services Authority, Justice Arun Palli, Judge, Punjab & Haryana High Court, Justice Sanjiv Berry, Judge, Punjab & Haryana High Court and Arun Gupta, Member Secretary, Punjab State Legal Services Authority, SAS Nagar.
Rajinder Singh Rai, District & Sessions Judge -cum- Chairman District Legal Services Authority, Sangrur told that Realizing the need to ponder over the reforms required in the Legal Aid Movement of India a new model of Legal Services Delivery, the 'Legal Aid Defense Counsel System' (LADCS), in line with public defender system, is introduced by National Legal Services Authority.
They further apprised that 'Legal Aid Defense Counsel System involve full time engagement of lawyers with support system, dealing exclusively with legal aid work in criminal matters at every stage starting from the pre-arrest, arrest & remand stage to the conclusion of trials and appeals etc.
It will enhance the availability and accessibility of Legal Aid in a timely manner and help in creating a mechanism to provide qualitative and competent legal services in a professional manner to the underprivileged and disadvantaged section of the society.
The inaugural ceremony was also attended by Manjinder Singh, Additional District & Sessions Judge, Sangrur, Sh. P.S. Kaleka, PCS, Civil Judge (SD)/CJM -cum- Secretary, District Legal Services Authority, Sangrur and newly appointed Advocates of Legal Aid Defense Counsel System.