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Legal Aid And Awareness Foundation programmes

Legal Aid And Awareness Foundation programmes are run to provide free legal services to the weaker sections of the society, including and educate them about their legal rights. It aims to ensure that justice is accessible to all, through various measures — awareness camps, dissemination of legal knowledge through print and digital media, and free legal representation for the needy beneficiaries. These initiatives also include increasing legal literacy and securing the rights of under government schemes and laws.

Legal Aid

What: To provide legal aid free of cost or at nominal charges to the weaker sections of the society.

Who gets it:To vulnerable sections (like women, children, SC/ST members, victims of natural calamities, widows, etc.) as defined under Section 12 of the Legal Services Authorities Act, 1987.

How to get it: Includes the appointment and representation of a lawyer, legal advice, and payment of attorneys' fees in court.

Example: Appointment of a lawyer for defence in the Court of Session, if the accused is not able to afford one

Legal Awareness

What: To educate people about their legal rights and duties.

Objective: To increase legal literacy and spread awareness so that people can claim their rights and obey the laws.

How it is spread:

• 1. Camps and Workshops: Organising legal awareness camps and lectures.
• 2. Use of media: Print and digital media, such as TV programmes, jingles, and phone-in programmes.
• 3. Community involvement: Spreading awareness through public interaction using street plays and mobile vans.

Benefits of Both

• 1. Access to Justice: Makes the judicial system accessible to all.
• 2. Empowerment: Empowers citizens by providing them information about their rights.
• 3. Reconciliation: Provides amicable settlement of disputes through Lok Adalats, whether pending or not filed.
• 4. Social Action: Takes steps through social action litigation in matters concerning the weaker sections of the society.