MERE ONE PERCENT ARRESTED PERSON REPRESENTED THROUGH LEGAL AID......Need to Spread Awareness......Justice U.U.Lalit.

Bharat Bhushan Chauhan Advocate........

💁 While Justice Speaking in Lucknow in an inaugural ceremony of "Capacity Building Programme on Pro-active Approach in Legal Assistance: Invention at earlyStages.....Organised by UP Legal Services Authority (UPSLSA) under the aegis of National Legal Services Authority (NALSA) The Programme was organized at Judicial Training & Research Institute (JTRI), Lucknow under the guidance of Justice Munishwar Nath Bhandari, Acting Chief Justice Of Allhabad High Court.

In the said inaugral ceremony Justice UU Lalit Remarked :- Only 1% of the entitled have been represented through legal aid in the last Twenty years. He attributed lack of knowledge and awareness as the cause for the low statistics.

Quote of Krishna Iyer Report : " Legal Aid does not require large number of advocates providing these services; What matters is capable and committed persons."

Other Remarks of Justice U.U Lalit: 

One Jail was found  severely  overcrowded. It was found that the inmates lodged in the prison were 180% of its capacity. further noted that more than 75% of prison in the State are overcrowded. Therefore, it becomes even more essential to ensure that the basic amenities are made available to the inmates in such a situation. 

Emphasized:- "The need for legal aid at all trial stages and even after conviction through competent legal professionals. We must facilitate at every juncture the entitlement as a citizen afforded to him.The second aspect to look out for are the living conditions in the prisons; They must be in order so that we can say proudly that our citizens are being taken care of."

Further attention was made to the Juvenile Homes - as many children found to be in conflict with the law are lodged in Juvenile Homes and due to the pandemic, the education of these children has tremendously suffered. Benefit of internet must be given to them and emphasise that special attention to this must be given in order to provide them good opportunity as such child to develop themselves as a full citizen. 

"Those child are in our care and custody we must make available to them every opportunity to develop them to the fullest citizen of the country" 

Permanent Lok Adalats: In country must be efficient network of permanent Lok Adalats, which would lessen the burden of the regular courts. If these Adalats are made fully functional, they will be one of the brightest jewels in the legal system. 

Source : Live Law