On Saturday in New Delhi, the two-day national level conference of all district legal services authorities (DLSA) will be off with participation from Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Chief Justice of India (CJI) NV Ramana, and Law Minister Kiren Rijiju.
They will talk about implementing the Unified Business Process to effectively provide poor and marginalized people with legal aid.
On July 30 and 31, the National Legal Services Authority of India (NALSA) will host the session at Vigyan Bhawan. According to the formal announcement,
“The discussions will explore the initiatives and norms being adopted to streamline the working of the DLSAs around the country.” For legal services in India, the central government is also drafting a “Comprehensive Procedures cum, Working Manual.”
Only a small percentage of the population can afford to approach the courts for justice, the majority suffer in silence. The Chief Justice highlighted India’s hard reality of social and economic disparities affecting the democratic objective of justice for all.
“The goal of eliminating social inequalities was the foundation upon which modern India was created. The goal of Project Democracy is to create a forum for universal involvement. Social emancipation is a requirement for participation. In his address to the All India District Legal Services Authorities Meet, the CJI stated that “access to justice is a vehicle for social emancipation.”
“The largest democracy in the world, the district judiciary is the foundation of the justice delivery system… You must take on multiple responsibilities and tasks. You are in the finest position to comprehend social problems and people’s troubles… The district judiciary is without a doubt the driving force behind the legal aid movement in India, according to the CJI.
The judicial system and attorneys should take proactive action in this area to defend the rights of prisoners awaiting trial. “Jail visiting advocates” should promptly address the authorities on behalf of defendants who are awaiting trial. The families of these convicts should also be contacted because they frequently have no idea what goes on within the prison.
“If we want to better serve the public, we must identify the problems that are getting in the way. Making the issues invisible or camouflaging them is useless. The system will collapse if we don’t talk about these issues and if urgent concerns are not addressed.
I worry that we might not be able to carry out the constitutional requirement for social justice. Therefore, I implore you to talk, reason, and make a decision,”Chief Justice Ramana