Staff Reporter :
National Legal Aid Day is being observed today across the country in order to make people aware of the availability of the government legal assistance free of cost to the poor, insolvent, and destitute seeking justice against abuse and exploitation.
The Law Ministry has organised a programme in Osmani Memorial Auditorium in the capital on the occasion today, where Law Minister Advocate Anisul Huq is scheduled to speak as the chief guest.
Talk-shows, discussions, and blood donation camps will also be held across the country, sources said.
According to an annual report of the National Legal Aid Services Organization, not only the adults but also the children are getting cost-free legal aid by this organization.
On Thursday, Law Minister Anisul Huq said 2.1 lakh people have received legal aid through 64 legal aid offices since 2009.
Among them 529 justice-seekers are children, 1.3 lakh are female and 97 thousand 442 are male.
70 children got legal aid from the organization in 2017 and more 29 had received legal aid till March this year, the report said. 35 thousand 178 justice-seekers got the aid in 2017 across the country where 16 thousand 709 are female justice-seekers, 18 thousand 399 male and 70 children.
8 thousand 584 justice-seekers got the legal aid till March this year. Among them, 29 justice-seekers are children, 4 thousand 476 are male and 4 thousand 79 are female.
Legal Aid Services Act was formulated in the year 2000 to provide legal assistance to the poor, insolvent, and destitute justice-seekers. The National Legal Aid Services Organization was formed under this act. Supreme Court Legal Aid Committee and 64 other committees are working across the country under the supervision of the organization.
The government started cost-free legal aid programme for the poor justice seekers in 2009. Since then, the National Legal Aid Services Organization has been giving legal assistance to the poor, insolvent, and destitute justice-seekers under the supervision of the Law Ministry.
9 thousand 160 people got legal aid in 2009; 11 thousand 266 people got legal aid in 2010; 12 thousand 586 people in 2011; 15 thousand 450 people in 2012; 19 thousand 493 people in 2013; 25 thousand 283 people in 2014; 30 thousand 409 people in 2015 and 33 thousand 734 people in 2016.
Even after passing the Legal Aid Act 2000, it was not possible to provide service to the justice seekers due to the absence of required rules on providing legal aid at the highest court of the land. In 2010, National Legal Aid Service Organization provided only Jail Appeal to the people who are socially and financially vulnerable through 37 lawyers who were included into the panel. After that, National Legal Aid Service Organization (NLASO) and Manusher Jonno Foundation (MJF) jointly took the initiative to conduct a survey on how legal aid can be provided by the government and accordingly assigned Barrister Tanjib-ul-Alam to conduct the survey and later he submitted the study paper on it. An advisory committee was also established and the Director of National Legal Aid Services Organization (NLASO) was the head of the Committee.
After intense observation on the report prepared on the basis of the findings, the advisory committee recommended enacting and publishing the Legal Aid Regulation 2015. The publication of the regulation as gazette notification created the scope of a new beginning on the way of providing legal aid at the highest court of the land. The recently published gazette includes the issues regarding increasing fees of lawyers, jurisdiction of filling cases and some other related issues as well.
However, on 8th September, 2015, the then Chief Justice Surendra Kumar Sinha officially inaugurated the Supreme Court Legal Aid Office.
National Legal Aid Day is being observed today across the country in order to make people aware of the availability of the government legal assistance free of cost to the poor, insolvent, and destitute seeking justice against abuse and exploitation.
The Law Ministry has organised a programme in Osmani Memorial Auditorium in the capital on the occasion today, where Law Minister Advocate Anisul Huq is scheduled to speak as the chief guest.
Talk-shows, discussions, and blood donation camps will also be held across the country, sources said.
According to an annual report of the National Legal Aid Services Organization, not only the adults but also the children are getting cost-free legal aid by this organization.
On Thursday, Law Minister Anisul Huq said 2.1 lakh people have received legal aid through 64 legal aid offices since 2009.
Among them 529 justice-seekers are children, 1.3 lakh are female and 97 thousand 442 are male.
70 children got legal aid from the organization in 2017 and more 29 had received legal aid till March this year, the report said. 35 thousand 178 justice-seekers got the aid in 2017 across the country where 16 thousand 709 are female justice-seekers, 18 thousand 399 male and 70 children.
8 thousand 584 justice-seekers got the legal aid till March this year. Among them, 29 justice-seekers are children, 4 thousand 476 are male and 4 thousand 79 are female.
Legal Aid Services Act was formulated in the year 2000 to provide legal assistance to the poor, insolvent, and destitute justice-seekers. The National Legal Aid Services Organization was formed under this act. Supreme Court Legal Aid Committee and 64 other committees are working across the country under the supervision of the organization.
The government started cost-free legal aid programme for the poor justice seekers in 2009. Since then, the National Legal Aid Services Organization has been giving legal assistance to the poor, insolvent, and destitute justice-seekers under the supervision of the Law Ministry.
9 thousand 160 people got legal aid in 2009; 11 thousand 266 people got legal aid in 2010; 12 thousand 586 people in 2011; 15 thousand 450 people in 2012; 19 thousand 493 people in 2013; 25 thousand 283 people in 2014; 30 thousand 409 people in 2015 and 33 thousand 734 people in 2016.
Even after passing the Legal Aid Act 2000, it was not possible to provide service to the justice seekers due to the absence of required rules on providing legal aid at the highest court of the land. In 2010, National Legal Aid Service Organization provided only Jail Appeal to the people who are socially and financially vulnerable through 37 lawyers who were included into the panel. After that, National Legal Aid Service Organization (NLASO) and Manusher Jonno Foundation (MJF) jointly took the initiative to conduct a survey on how legal aid can be provided by the government and accordingly assigned Barrister Tanjib-ul-Alam to conduct the survey and later he submitted the study paper on it. An advisory committee was also established and the Director of National Legal Aid Services Organization (NLASO) was the head of the Committee.
After intense observation on the report prepared on the basis of the findings, the advisory committee recommended enacting and publishing the Legal Aid Regulation 2015. The publication of the regulation as gazette notification created the scope of a new beginning on the way of providing legal aid at the highest court of the land. The recently published gazette includes the issues regarding increasing fees of lawyers, jurisdiction of filling cases and some other related issues as well.
However, on 8th September, 2015, the then Chief Justice Surendra Kumar Sinha officially inaugurated the Supreme Court Legal Aid Office.
