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District Legal Services Authority Notes

The document summarizes the composition and functions of District Legal Services Authorities (DLSAs) in India. DLSAs are constituted under the Legal Services Authorities Act of 1987 to provide effective monitoring of legal aid programs at the district level. Each DLSA consists of a District Judge as chairman plus other members appointed by the state government in consultation with the High Court chief justice. DLSAs coordinate local legal aid activities, organize lok adalats, provide legal awareness and aid to the public, and are funded through a District Legal Aid Fund.

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District Legal Services Authority Notes

The document summarizes the composition and functions of District Legal Services Authorities (DLSAs) in India. DLSAs are constituted under the Legal Services Authorities Act of 1987 to provide effective monitoring of legal aid programs at the district level. Each DLSA consists of a District Judge as chairman plus other members appointed by the state government in consultation with the High Court chief justice. DLSAs coordinate local legal aid activities, organize lok adalats, provide legal awareness and aid to the public, and are funded through a District Legal Aid Fund.

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District legal services authority (DLSA)

The legal services act 1987 provides for the setting up of statutory legal
services authorities at the National, state and District levels so as to
provide effective monitoring of legal aid programmes. It also provides
the composition of such authorities. Section 9 and section 10 of
the legal services authority act, 1987 deals with the composition
and functions of the District legal services authority constituted
under section 9 of the said act.
Composition of District Legal Services Authority:-
The State Government shall in consultation with the Chief Justice of the
High Court, constitute a body to be called the District Legal Services
Authority for every District in the State to exercise the powers and
perform the functions conferred on, or assigned to the District Authority
under this Act.

  District Authority shall consist of :-

        (a) The District Judge who shall be its Chairman; and

        (b) such number of other Members, possessing such experience and
qualifications as may be prescribed by the State Government, to be
nominated by that Government in consultation with the Chief Justice of
the High Court.
  The State Authority shall, in consultation with the Chairman of the
District Authority appoint a person belonging to the State Judicial
Service not lower in rank than that of a Subordinate Judge or Civil Judge
posted at the seat of the District Judiciary as Secretary of the District
Authority to exercise such powers and perform such duties under the
Chairman of that Committee as maybe assigned to him by such
Chairman.

 The terms of office and other conditions relating thereto, of Members


and Secretary of the District Authority shall be such as may be
determined by regulations made by the State Authority in consultation
with the Chief Justice of the High Court.

  The District Authority may appoint such number of officers and other
employees as may be prescribed by the State Government in
consultation with the Chief Justice of the High Court for the efficient
discharge of its functions.

The officers and other employees of the District Authority shall be


entitled to such salary and allowances and shall be subject to such other
conditions of service as may be prescribed by the State Government in
consultation with the Chief Justice of the High Court.

 The administrative expenses of every District Authority, including the


salaries, allowances and pensions payable to the Secretary, officers and
other employees of the District Authority shall be defrayed out of the
Consolidated Fund of the State.
 All orders and decisions of the District Authority shall be authenticated
by the Secretary or by any other officer of the District Authority duly
authorized by the Chairman of that Authority.

  No Act or proceeding of a District Authority shall be invalid merely on


the ground of the existence of any vacancy in, or any defect in the
constitution of, the District Authority.

Functions of District Authority:-

It shall be the duty of every District Authority to perform such of the


functions of the State Authority in the District as may be delegated to it
from time to time by the State Authority. Without prejudice to the
generality of the functions referred to in sub-section (1)

  The District Authority may perform all or any of the following


functions, namely -

           (a) co-ordinate the activities of the Taluk Legal Services


Committee and other legal services in the District;
           (b) organize the Lok Adalats within Districts; and (c) perform
such other functions as the State Authority may fix by regulations.
d) Spread legal awareness among the public, targeting particularly the
beneficiaries of social legislation and the public at large on various
issues of legal importance.
e) Undertake responsibilities of pre-litigation dispute resolution through
conciliation mechanism by establishing permanent lok adalats in each
district where matters relating to public utility services are taken up for
settlement.
f) Provides free and competent legal aid in the nature of counseling and
legal advice as well as free legal services in the conduct of cases before
court and tribunals.

District Authority to act in co-ordination with  other agencies and be


subject to directions given by the Central Authority, etc. In the discharge
of its functions under this Act, the District Authority shall, wherever
appropriate, act in co-ordination with other governmental and non-
governmental institutions, universities and others engaged in the work of
promoting the cause of legal services to the poor and shall also be guided
by such directions as the Central Authority or the State Authority may
give to it in writing.

 District Legal Aid Fund:-   

) Every District Authority shall establish a fund to be called the District


(1

Legal Aid Fund and there shall be credited thereto-

(a) All sums of money paid or any grants made by the State Authority to
the District Authority for the purposes of this Act.
(b) Any grants or donations that may be made to the District Authority
by any person, with the prior approval of the State Authority, for the
purposes of this Act.
(c) Any other amount received by the District Authority under the orders
of any court or from any other source.

(2) A District Legal Aid Fund shall be applied for meeting-


(a) The cost of functions referred to in Sections 10 and 11B
(b) Any other expenses which are required to be met by the District
Authority.

Submitted to: - Deblina mam

Submitted by: - Neha mohanty

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