How many levels of legal service authority are there?

The Legal Services Act was passed in 1987 to implement legal services uniformly in the country. Many plans were formulated and implemented to protect the public from unfair actions and to increase social welfare. There are four levels of legal service authority in the country-

• National Legal Service Authority- It was introduced under the Legal Services Act enacted by the parliament on 1987. It was established in 1995 with the Chief justice as the Paton-in-Chief and the senior most judge of the Supreme Court as the Executive Chairman. The aim of the authority is to provide fast and hassle-free judicial services to the public and to ensure the constitution of Lok Adalats. It works in coordination with the other judicial bodies to reduce the burden of the judicial system in the country.

• State Legal Service Authority- The authority was introduced under the Legal Services Act enacted by the parliament in 1987. It ensures the fast and hassle-free functioning of the judicial system in the country by ensuring immediate justice for all the sections of the population and to ensure that justice is not denied to anyone on the basis of any disability or other economic or political reason. The state chief justice is the Chief Protector and the Chief justice the Executive Chairman. It functions for every state in the country.

• District Legal Service Authority- The authority was introduced under the Legal Services Act enacted by the parliament on 1987. It provides free and proficient legal aid in the form of counselling and free legal advice before Courts and Tribunals. It organises regular Lok Adalats every month. It will be situated in the District Court complex.

• Tehsil/Taluk Legal Service Authority- To ensure the enactment of justice in the gas soot level, man states have enacted the formation of Tehsil/Taluk Legal Service Authority. It can be constituted for a group of taluks/tehsils or for every individual one. The senior most judicial authority will be the Ex-Officio Chairman of the legal authority.