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Introduction | National Legal Services Authority A+ A A- Select Theme   Orange Green Blue Switch to Default Theme Skip To Content Home About UsIntroduction Vision Statement Organizational Structure Patron-in-ChiefCurrent Patron-in-Chief Former Patrons-in-Chief Executive ChairmanCurrent Executive Chairman Former Executive Chairmen Members Former Member Secretaries Acts & RulesThe Legal Services Authorities Act, 1987 Rules Preventive & Strategic Legal Services Schemes Regulations Lok AdalatRegular Lok Adalat National Lok AdalatLok Adalat 2015 Lok Adalat 2016 Lok Adalat 2017 Permanent Lok Adalat ServicesLegal AidWho is entitled for self-ruling Legal service Nature of self-ruling legal services How to Apply Procedure without using Legal Awareness/Literacy Lok Adalat Social Action Litigation LibraryNewsletter CommendationCompilation of Best DLSAs, 2017 Compilation of Best PLVs, 2017 Reports Training ModulesTraining Module Part-1 Training Module Part-2 Training Module Samvedan Training Module for PLVs Guidelines Commercial Courts Acts & Rules Important Bare Acts Campaigns GalleryPhoto Gallery Video Gallery Audio Gallery Statistics Grants & AccountsGrants2017-2018 2018-2019 Accounts2015-2016 Expenditure of SLSA Authority Login Search form Search For availing self-ruling Legal Services or filing Grievance Click Here. Home » About Us » Introduction Introduction Towards fulfilling the Preambular promise of securing to all the citizens, Justice – social, economic and political, Article 39 A of the Constitution of India provides for self-ruling legal aid to the poor and weaker sections of the society, to promote justice on the understructure of equal opportunity. Articles 14 and 22(1) of the Constitution moreover make it obligatory for the State to ensure equality surpassing law. In 1987, the Legal Services Authorities Act was enacted by the Parliament, which came into gravity on 9th November, 1995 to establish a nationwide uniform network for providing self-ruling and competent legal services to the weaker sections of the society. The National Legal Services Authority (NALSA) has been constituted under the Legal Services Authorities Act, 1987 to provide self-ruling Legal Services to the weaker sections of the society. The Chief Justice of India is the Patron-in-Chief and the Senior most Hon'ble Judge, Supreme Court of India is the Executive Chairman of the Authority. Presently, NALSA is housed at 12/11, Jam Nagar House, New Delhi-110011. Public awareness, equal opportunity and deliverable justice are the cornerstones on which the edifice of NALSA is based. The principal objective of NALSA is to provide self-ruling and competent legal services to the weaker sections of the society and to ensure that opportunities for securing justice are not denied to any resider by reason of economic or other disabilities, and to organize Lok Adalats for amicable settlement of disputes. Apart from the abovementioned, functions of NALSA include spreading legal literacy and awareness, undertaking social justice litigations etc. With the aim of reaching out to the diverse milieu of people belonging to variegated socio-economic, cultural and political backgrounds, NALSA identifies specific categories of the marginalized and excluded groups from the diverse populace of the country and formulates various schemes for the implementation of preventive and strategic legal service programmes to be undertaken and implemented by the Legal Services Authorities at the various levels. In delivering out all these responsibilities, NALSA works in tropical coordination with the various State Legal Services Authorities, District Legal Services Authorities and other agencies for a regular mart of relevant information, monitoring and updating on the implementation and progress of the various schemes in vogue and fostering a strategic and coordinated tideway to ensure smooth and streamlined functioning of the various agencies and stakeholders. Terms & Conditions Site Map Disclaimer Brochures Calendar of Activities Events Grievance Redressal Unique Visitor:482,596 This website belongs to National Legal Services Authority (NALSA), Government of India. ©2016 All rights reserved. Site designed, ripened and hosted by NIC (National Informatics Centre.) Contents published on various links on this Website are stuff managed and maintained by National Legal Services Authority (NALSA). For any content related query on this website, please contact concerned department.