India’s 3,000-strong public defender network has handled 1 million+ criminal cases in 3 yrs, but lawyers say crushing workloads, staff shortages, job insecurity may leave them in limbo.
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.
Mamata Banerjee alleged that Amit Shah had asked her not to divulge information related to the assassination of Bangladeshi youth leader Osman Hadi in Dhaka last December.
Commerce ministry kicks off measures to insulate drug makers in wake of West Asia crisis. Renewed focus on Europe, Latin America, Africa among steps to grow ‘pharmacy of the world’.
The central curse of our urban governance isn’t that more voters live in these slummified villages. It’s that the political class panders to them instead of improving their quality of life.
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