Transgressive bill ignores individualityA new bill proposes changes to transgender rights in India. It moves away from self-identification for legal gender recognition. The bill r...
23 Mar, 2026, 11.12 PM IST
Access to justice not abstract ideal, rather sapient right: Justice Surya KantJustice Surya Kant emphasized that access to justice is a vital right. He highlighted NALSA's new Legal Aid Defence Counsel System. This in...
09 Nov, 2025, 07.32 PM IST
NALSA, SC panel to launch mediation campaign for pending cases from July 1The National Legal Services Authority (NALSA) and the Supreme Court's Mediation and Conciliation Project Committee (MCPC) are launching a 9...
26 Jun, 2025, 08.27 PM IST
National Lok Adalat settles 1.45 crore cases, prevents 1.22 crore new casesIndia's National Lok Adalat settled a record 1.45 crore cases, including 1.22 crore pre-litigation disputes, diverting a significant burden...
15 Dec, 2024, 04.52 PM IST
Plea for implementing integrated help system for women across India not justiciable: SCThe Supreme Court examined a plea for a nationwide system aiding women survivors of violence. The court found the matter not suitable for j...
28 Nov, 2024, 05.38 PM IST
SC calls for NALSA's report on plea to implement women integrated help system across IndiaThe Supreme Court has requested a report from the National Legal Services Authority (NALSA) regarding the implementation of the NALSA women...
15 Sep, 2023, 06.20 PM IST
More than 97.64 lakh cases settled in first National Lok Adalat of 2023: NALSAThe NALSA said in Saturday's Lok Adalat, cases involving compoundable offences, revenue cases, bank recovery cases, motor accident claims, ...
12 Feb, 2023, 12.02 AM IST
Litigation is like bleeding wound, says CJI-designate Justice Uday Umesh Lalit; wants free legal aid for poorLADC, constituted under NALSA, intends to provide free legal assistance to the poor who are forced to hire private counsel to fight their c...
21 Aug, 2022, 08.24 PM IST
Over one crore cases settled in National Lok Adalat in a day, says NALSATo ensure a cordial organisation of Lok Adalat throughout the country, Justice Lalit interacted with the State Legal Services Authorities t...
14 Aug, 2022, 08.14 PM IST
Over 40 lakh cases settled, Rs 2,706 crore compensation awarded in Lok Adalats, says NALSAThe NALSA, in a press statement, said large crowds turned up in the court complexes across the country to resolve more than 40 lakh cases i...
12 Mar, 2022, 09.37 PM IST
Threat to human rights highest in police stations: CJI“The installation of display boards and outdoor hoardings in every police station/prison is a step in this direction,” he said, adding that...
09 Aug, 2021, 07.20 AM IST
Life is 'priceless', cannot be quantified in monetary terms: Supreme CourtThe observation by a bench headed by Justice Madan B Lokur came when a lawyer questioned the compensation scheme of the National Legal Serv...
05 Sep, 2018, 08.40 PM IST
NALSA offers new hope to the marginalisedJustice Gogoi said NALSA would set up legal literacy club in five government schools in each district and students would be provided legal ...
10 Jan, 2018, 01.31 PM IST
Give details of money under Nirbhaya Fund: Supreme Court to states, Union TerritoriesA bench comprising Justices M B Lokur and Deepak Gupta, while asking all the states and UTs to file their responses within four weeks on re...
10 Jan, 2018, 11.34 AM IST
Justice Gogoi announces legal aid authority’s move to take services to needy by tying up with NGOsNalsa will undertake camps throughout the country, especially in backward areas, to increase legal literacy, he said at a press conference ...
09 Jan, 2018, 08.40 PM IST
18.7 lakh cases worth Rs 640 crore settled in National Lok AdalatThe Lok Adalats which were organised in all the 11 district courts of Delhi were presided over by the judges of the trial courts.
12 Nov, 2016, 10.39 PM IST
National Lok Adalat settles around 30,000 pending casesAccording to a NALSA statement, more than 10,000 pre- litigation cases and more than 19,000 pending cases have been settled in 21 state til...
11 Jun, 2016, 07.21 PM IST