The Supreme Court has pulled up the state of Uttarakhand in connection with the case of Pramod Singh, was sentenced to life term for killing his mother, in 2011.
In the last two months, the Supreme Court Legal Services Committee (SCLSC) has received 2,000 criminal appeals, a big uptick from the 700 to 1,000 it handled annually until last year.
SC overturns man's conviction for killing wife & 4 kids. Flagging legal assistance given to him as 'below average', bench says poor can’t be denied 'appropriate' counsel.
More than 80% of India’s 1.3 billion people are eligible for legal aid. But only 15 million have benefitted from it since NALSA was established in 1995.
The Supreme Court justice spoke about the work of the National Legal Aid Services Authority, and how young lawyers can be encouraged take up legal aid cases
The Indian judiciary is handling more than 30 million pending cases. As a result, administration of legal aid receives scant attention & is poorly managed.
Voters in Bihar don’t want dynastic politics, minority politics, or caste politics—all dead ducks flogged by the Congress Party in its regressive, divisionary, divisive game.
Without a Congress revival, there can be no challenge to the BJP pan-nationally. Modi’s party is growing, and almost entirely at the cost of the Congress.
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