LEGAL AID ACTIVITIES OF THE AUTHORITY

2. Jail Visitor Advocates

3. Raising of Income Ceiling to avail Legal Aid Facilities

4. Competent & Quality Legal Services to the Aided Persons

5. Accreditation of Non-Governmental Organisations

6. Marriage & Family Counseling Centres

7. Free Legal Aid Centres

8. Observance of Legal Services Day

9. Helpline

A LEGAL AID COUNSEL SCHEME:

1) LEGAL AID COUNSEL SCHEME:

The Authority has implemented legal aid counsel scheme in Courts of Metropolitan Magistrates, Special Executive Magistrates, Children Welfare Board etc. Remand Advocates have been appointed to take up and defend the cases of arrested persons. Now, every unrepresented person in custody stands assured of legal representation at different stages of trial. The Authority has also a panel of advocates.

2) APPOINTMENT OF JAIL VISITING ADVOCATES:

The Authority has also appointed 29 Jail Visiting Advocates to visit different Jails regularly on fixed days of the week to help the poor and unrepresented inmates in terms of provisions of Section 12(g) of the Legal Services Authority Act, 1987. Any jail inmate can seek aid and advice; file any bail/parole application; appeal(s) etc. through these Advocates.

LIST OF JAIL VISITING ADVOCATES

S.NO.	NAME OF THE ADVOCATE WITH COURT COMPLEX	JAIL NO.	DAYS OF VISIT
1.	Mr. Aparbal Singh, West	1	Mon to Wed
2.	Mr. Vipin Kumar, Central	1	Thur to Sat
3.	Mr. Charanjit, East	2	Mon to Wed
4.	Mr. Amit Kumar Sharma, North-East	2	Thur to Sat
5.	Mr. Fateh Chand Giri, North	2	Mon to Wed
6.	Ms. Anju Sharma, North	2	Thur to Sat
7.	Mr. Chirag Jamwal, New Delhi	2	Mon to Wed
8.	Mr. Abrani Kanta Sahu, South	2	Thur to Sat
9.	Mr. Ashish Malhotra, West	3	Mon to Wed
10.	Mr. Ved Prakash, Central	3	Thur to Sat
11.	Ms. Anurag Rita, South	4	Mon to Wed
12.	Mr. Arunendra Singh, South	4	Thur to Sat
13.	Mr. Jai bansal, New Delhi	4	Mon to Wed
14.	Mr. Jai Kumar Sinha, New Delhi	4	Thur to Sat
15.	Sh. Kishore Kumar Behuria, South	5	Mon to Wed
16.	Sh. Ravi Kaushal, East	5	Thur to Sat
17.	Sh. Rakesh Kumar, Central	5	Mon to Wed
18.	Ms. Charu Sachdev, New Delhi	6	Mon to Wed
19.	Sh. Rajesh Yadav, North-East	6	Thur to Sat
20.	Sh. Amit Kumar Tanwar, South -West	7	Mon to Wed
21.	Sh. Arvind Kumar Singhal, South -West	7	Thur to Sat
22.	Sh. Dhananjay Sharma, East	8	Mon to Wed
23.	Sh. Charan Singh, North-East	8	Thur to Sat
24.	Sh. Dayanad Sharma, North-East	9	Mon to Wed
25.	Sh. Sachind Dev, East	9	Thur to Sat
26.	Sh. Ram Kumar, North-West	Rohini Jail	Mon to Wed
27.	Sh. Rajesh Parashar, North-West	Rohini Jail	Mon to Wed
28.	Ms. Kavita Kapil, North-West	Rohini Jail	Thur to Sat
29.	Ms. Geeta Singh, North-West	Rohini Jail	Thur to Sat

The following advocates have been appointed as Legal Aid Counsel in High Court of Delhi for dealing with the cases of inmates of the respective jails as mentioned against each with effect from 19th February, 2010. These advocates shall attend to the bail applications of under trials sent directly or through jail visiting advocates and also file/defend appeals/revision petitions of convicted prisoners before the Hon'ble High Court of Delhi.

GROUP LIST OF NOMINATED COUNSELS FOR HON'BLE DELHI HIGH COURT

S.NO.	NAME AND ADDRESS OF THE ADVOCATES	TEL NO.	JAIL NO.	VISITING DAYS
1.	Mr. S.S. Ahluwalia Add: 495 Lawyer's Chamber, Delhi High Court, : 270, Lawyers' Chamber, Civil Wing, Tis Hazari Court, : Res: H-425 B Ansal's Palam Vihar, Gurgaon	9650160444, 2365999	01	Thursday
2.	Mr. Arun Srivastava Add: Ch.No. 253, HighCourt of Delhi, New Delhi	9818166510	01	Tuesday
3.	Mr. Gautam Talukdar Add: C-505, Praghyotishpur Apartments, Sector-10, Plot-7, Dwarka, New Delhi	9873895552	02	Saturday
4.	Mr. Sumit Chander Add: W-122, Greater Kailash-II, New Delhi	29225511/29225512/ 9810024126	02	Tuesday
5.	Mr. Pankaj Prasad Add: V-18, 1st Floor, Green Park Extn. New Delhi	9818296345	02	Friday
6.	Mr. Jitendra Bharti Add: Ch.No. 287, Civil Wing, Tis Hazari Courts, Delhi	9891374807	03	Tuesday
7.	Mr Kanhaiya Singhal Add: Ch.No. 214-215, Iind Floor, Chanakya Complex, Subhash Chowk, Laxmi Nagar, New Delhi	22017991/ 9212424765	03	Saturday
8.	Mr. Rohan Garg Add: Ch. No. 203, Delhi High Court.	23782506/23388631/ 26863319/26560912	04	Saturday
9.	Ms. Shraddha Bhargava Add: 440, Lawyers Chamber, Delhi HighCourt	9811511525/23385923/ 4359907	04	Thursday
10.	Ms. Puja Shrivastava Add: K-16, 2nd Floor, jangpura Extn., New Delhi		05	Wednesday
11.	Mr. V.K. Mehra Add: 65, Bhagwan nagar, Opp. Maharani Bagh, New Delhi	9811487377	05	Friday
12.	Mr. Puneet Singhal Add: 8, Lawyers' Chamber, Patiala House Courts,/ 11/41/1, Sadar Bazar, Delhi Cantt.	9891217746/ 25505880	06	Friday
13.	Mr. Manoj Verma Add: Ch. No. 305 & 487, Patiala House Courts	9818182826	06	Wednesday
14.	Mr. Ajai Kumar Add: A-75, Fateh Nagar, New Delhi	9871899579/ 65479911	07	Saturday
15.	Mr. Habibur Rehman Add: Ch.No. 501, Patiala House Court, New Delhi	9990708567	07	Wednesday
16.	Mr. Rakesh Mukhija Add: 12, Lawyers Chamber, Delhi High Court/Ch. No. 76, Civil Wing, Tis Hazari Courts/ E-39, Naraina Vihar, New Delhi	9811575777/23388305/ 23922596/45020481/ 45020482	08	Thursday
17.	Mr Ajay Raghav Add: Ch. No. 269, Patiala House Courts, New Delhi	9899703426	09	Wednesday
18.	Ms. Alpana Pandey Add: 407, Lawyers Chamber, Delhi High Court	9210495746	09	Saturday
19.	Mr. Randhir Kumar Singh Add: 23, Lawyers Chamber, Delhi High Court, New Delhi	9911921129	Rohini Jail	Wednesday
20.	Mr. Mohd. Tariq Sami Add: Ch. No. 619, Western Wing, Tis Hazari Courts, Delhi	9990756687	Rohini Jail	Saturday

3) RAISING OF INCOME CEILING

The income-ceiling limit U/s 12(h) of the Legal Services Authority Act, 1987 has been enhanced to Rs. 50,000/- per annum to extend the benefits of the Act to more people.

4) EMPHASIS ON COMPETENT AND QUALITY LEGAL SERVICES TO THE AIDED PERSONS

The quality of legal services is the need of the hour for providing competent legal aid to the applicant. Delhi Legal Services Authority takes regular feed back of the Advocates on its panel and strikes of the names of the Advocates who fail to provide efficient services to the applicants/aided persons. The Authority is always on a look out to bring young, hard working and honest Advocates on its panel.

5) ACCREDITATION OF NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANISATIONS

The Authority is working collectively with Govt. Departments and agencies has also teamed up with Non-Governmental Organizations working directly or indirectly in the field of Legal Services. Most of the NGOs are registered.

6) MARRIAGE AND FAMILY COUNSELLING CENTRES

Marriage and family counseling centres being run by the Authority has become extremely popular. This centre is first of its kind in the country where efforts are made to persuade the parties to sort out their disputes and differences without recourse to litigation. The centres have proved their utility in as much as before giving legal aid to eligible persons, every effort is made to explore the possibility of a compromise between the parties. In many cases, Counselors attached to this Authority have succeeded in persuading the parties involved in matrimonial disputes to re-unite and live a happy marital life. In those cases where reunion appears to be not possible, the parties are motivated to go in for mutual consent divorce and the issues relating to maintenances, custody of the children, dowry and permanent alimony are settled across the table.

7) FREE LEGAL AID CENTRES

With a view to educate the general public about their rights and procedure to get free Legal Aid, the Delhi Legal Services Authority has set-up 28 legal aid centers in different parts of Delhi.

LIST OF LEGAL AID CENTRES

S.No.	Name and Address of Centre	Name and Address of Advocate
1.	Amar Holistic Society for Disabled Add: B-24, Kanti Nagar, Shahdara, Delhi	Advocate : Sh. Sumesh Kumar Arya Seat No.D-11 & 98, Ist Floor, Karkardooma Courts, Delhi. Ph. 23918360, 23910304 Mob: 9810796024 Days : Sunday Time : 10.00 A.M to 1.00 P.M
2.	All Human Rights Association Add: 1/24, Gali No. 2, Lalita Park Laxmi Nagar, Delhi	Advocate: Sh. Sameer Chandra Ch. No. 352, Patiala House Courts, New Delhi Ph: 9810395160 Days : Altr. Saturday & Altr. Sunday Time : 4.00 to 6.00 P.M. on Alter. Saturday & 10:00 AM to 01:00 PM on Alter. Sunday
3.	Fundation of Development Research and Action (FODRA), Add: Saboli Village, Nand Nagari, Delhi.	Advocate : Sh. Sanjay Budhiraja Seat No. 141, IVth Floor, Karkardooma Courts, Delhi Mob: 9818345691 Days : All Tuesday and All Sundays Time: 4.00 to 7.00 P.M. on Tuesday, 10.00 to 1.00 A.M. on Sundays.
4.	Society for Securing Justice Add: A-1009, Jahangir Puri, Delhi	Advocate : Sh. Sameer Chandra Ch. No. 352, Patiala House Courts, New Delhi Mob: 9810395160 Days: All Wednesday Time 4 to 6 P.M. Advocate: Ms. Shubra Mendiratta Ch. No.-364, Civil Side, Tis Hazari Courts, Delhi Ph. 23382699 Mob: 9891231279 Days: All Monday Time 4.00 P.M to 7.00 P.M.
5.	Labour Welfare Centre Add: Nimri Colony, Ashok Vihar, Phase IV, Delhi-52	Advocate: Sh. Rajeev Kaul R/o 49, Ashok Park Extn., New Delhi-26. C/o Mr. Pushpati Sharma Ch. No. 43, Civil Side, Tis Hazari Courts, Delhi. Days: Altr. Wednesday, Alter. Friday & Alter Sunday Time: 10.00 A.M to 1.00 P.M
6.	Dr. S.P. Memorial Trust (Regd.) Add: U-88, Vijay Nagar, Near Aggarwal Nursing Home, Narela, Delhi-40	Advocate: Sh. Yeshpal Singh Ch. 643, W.Wing, Tis Hazari Courts, Delhi Ph. 9811469676 Days: Sunday Time:10.00 A.M to 1.00 P.M
7.	Dev Kiran International Add: 3A/87, Karol Bagh, New Delhi-5	Advocate : Ms. Gita Dhingra Ch. 357, Lawyers Chambers, High Court of Delhi, New Delhi Ph: 9810324978 Days : Alter. Sunday & Alter. Monday Time :10:00 AM to 01:00 PM on Sunday & 04:00 PM to 07:00 PM on Monday
8.	Jatav Samaj Vikas Maha Sabha (Regd.) Add: Jatav Bhawan, 741/7, Govindpuri (Kalkaji),New Delhi.	Advocate: Ms. Manju Bhatnagar Ch. 71, Patiala House Courts, New Delhi Ph. 23389091, 9818244723 Days: Sunday Time: 10.00 A.M to 1.00 P.M
9.	Centre Community Centre Add: Milap Nagar, Uttam Nagar, New Delhi	Advocate: Sh. R.P. Gupta Mob: 9818187319 Days: Saturdays Time: 4.00 P.M to 6.00 P.M
10.	Community Hall Add: K-Block, Dakshinpuri, Delhi	Advocate: Ms. Manju Bhatnagar Ch. No. 71, Patiala House Courts, New Delhi Ph. 23389091 and 26344626 Days : Tuesdays Time : 4.00 P.M. to 6.00 P.M. Advocate : Ms. Geeta Dhingra Ch. No.357, Delhi High Court New Delhi Ph: 9810324978 Days : Saturdays Time : 4.00 P.M. to 6.00 P.M.

After the setting up of these centers, the Legal Aid facilities are available at the doorstep of the people of these areas and legal aid programmes have become more meaningful and effective. Regular counselling is also done at the office of the authority at Patiala House and in the offices of District Authority at Karkardooma and Tis Hazari Courts Complexes.

8) OBSERVANCE OF LEGAL SERVICES DAY:

On 9TH November which is observed as LEGAL SERVICES DAY in all the state Authorities, The Authority issued Press Release in leading National newspaper both in Hindi and English spelling out the salient features of the Legal Services Authorities Act; schemes made there under by the Authority and the services being provided by it. The Authority organizes many functions and legal literacy camps at various places in Delhi where various Non-governmental organizations and prominent citizens of Delhi participate.

9) HELPLINE:

The Helpline is functional on all the working days from 10.00 A.M to 5.00 P.M in Room No. 37, Patiala House Courts and is manned by competent lawyers. It saves time, money and energy of the poor people and prevents them from being financially exploited. The Legal Aid Helpline has evoked tremendous response and 4693 number of people have got benefited. On the occasion of Labour Day the Authority has dedicated the Telephone Helpline to the labours/industrial workers which is now made functional on first and third Sunday of the month from 10.00 AM to 1.00 PM for rendering helpline services to labour class/industrial workers on telephone no. 23070345. Information, legal advice and mode of seeking legal aid is available at our Helpline numbers 23070345 and 23073132.