Amity Law School Amity University Uttar Pradesh, Noida Legal Literacy Project

AMITY LAW SCHOOL

AMITY UNIVERSITY UTTAR PRADESH,

NOIDA
LEGAL LITERACY
Project
Submitted To: Submitted By:

Dr. Neetu Tanishq Chandel
En.No:A3221517125
Course/Sec:BBA LLB(B)
Introduction
Legal awareness and information are a key piece of a native's training program which will
edify and enable him to scale new statures of movement and free himself from the
overabundances of the official or any current position. It is the focal key to opening the
entryway of positive change that we have shouted out for such a long time in the years passed
by and want to such an extent. This article weights on the significance of Legal Literacy and
how it can influence the example of in general advancement this New Year.
January 2015, marks the start of a New Year, opening up an entirely different skyline of
potential outcomes and energy and a reverberating and restored guarantee of 'past times
worth remembering', which was the reserved sound heard over the length and expansiveness
of India. In any case, in the wake of such affected confirmations and overflowing energy in
the Indian political field that commanded the media all through 2014, a little reflection in
regards to what passed by and where we are today won't just help us in understanding our
present standing better yet in addition help in keeping a tab of 'rights and the wrongs' which
should be utilized as venturing stones for 2015 as the political power will keep on modifying,
however the majority stay consistent and the eventual fate of a vote based system genuinely
lies with them.
India has the qualification of being the world's biggest working majority rules system. As far
back as her freedom, India has been developing and creating through a vote based
arrangement of administration which includes self-rule by the individuals, obviously
suggesting that the natives are the constituents of the nation as well as the establishment of
majority rules system on which the whole structure of our lawful structure lies.
"Legitimate Literacy is the center premise of the endurance of our Constitutional Democracy.
Our whole legal set-up capacities on the assumption that all individuals know about their
privileges and can approach the concerned organization."
Importance of Legal Literacy
(a) Legal literacy is that where one needs to have some wide data about lawful arrangements
and procedures.
(b) Legal education is the rudimentary information of law and not a specialist learning of a
backer. It is about familiarity with the nation's political set up.
(c) Legal proficiency helps in looking for lawful cures against abuse and bad form.
(d) Legal education makes us mindful of a few laws which have been established for the
welfare insurance and security of the residents.
(e) Absence of legitimate proficiency prompts the interminability of misuse and exploitation
in numerous fields.
(f) It makes us answerable people of a common society and a general public which is simply
and precise, where everybody lives with respect and poise.
(g) In short "lawful proficiency reminds us about our privileges, obligations and legitimate
commitments towards society."
Judicial System in India
LOK ADALATS LokAdalat is one of the Alternative Disputes Resolution Mechanisms. It is
a forum where the disputes/cases pending in the court of law or at pre-litigation stage are
settled/ compromised amicably. The LokAdalat has been given statutory status under the
Legal Services Authorities Act, 1987. Under this Act, an award made by a LokAdalat is
deemed to be a decree of a civil court and is final and binding on all parties and no appeal lies
against thereto before any court.
(a) LokAdalats are being organized by the Legal Services Authorities/Committees for
settlement of cases pending before courts u/s 19 of the Legal Services Authorities Act, 1987
and also for matters at pre-Litigative stage, under the guidance of NALSA.
(b) Chapter VI-A has been inserted in the Legal Services Authorities Act, 1987 in the year
2002, with a view to provide compulsory pre-Litigate mechanism for conciliation and
settlement of disputes relating to ‘Public Utility Services’.
During the period 01.04.2014 to30.09.2014 76551 LokAdalats were organized and they
settled more than 34.37 lacs cases. In about 46,768 Motor Vehicle Accident Claim cases,
compensation to the tune of Rs.894.85 crores.
Supreme Court of India
Under the constitution of India, the supreme court is the final court of appeal. Hence has the
chief justice of India, including 30 judges and other judges for advisory jurisdiction. Unsolved or
still in dispute cases are leveled up to Supreme court to reattain justice. If the supreme court
declares a law it is binding on all other courts of all States and Union territory. Every court
building has 15 courtrooms.
High Court of India
Under the constitution of India, every state should regard to one high court. Mumbai high court
id the oldest high court in India. Every High court has 94 judges out of which 71 are permanent
and 23 are additional judges. High court deals with economic issues and legal documentation.
These courts also have an additional set of legal professionals. Eligibility for a high court judge
is
 He should be a citizen of India.
 An advocate should have at least 10 years of practice in any court.
District Court of India
Under the constitution of India, district courts or Subordinate Courts are subordinate to the high
court. District courts are established according to the population distribution of the district and
state. It looks after the Civil and criminal matters of the district. A law declared by the district
court is applicable to all subordinate courts. Since District court is at a higher hierarchical level.
Eligibility for judge in district court is
 He should be a citizen of India
 An advocate should have at least practice for 7 years.
Objectives of Legal Literacy

Its object was to simplify the language of the law to make people able to understand
laws and judgments. Special focus was laid on the downtrodden, minorities and
women. ... Legal literacy, being the first step towards knowledge of the law, the
Mission aims at legal education of all sections of society.
National Legal Literacy Act
Article 39A of the Constitution of India accommodates free lawful guide to poor people
and more fragile segments of the general public and guarantees equity for all. Articles 14
and 22(1) of the Constitution additionally make it mandatory for the State to guarantee
equity under the steady gaze of law and a lawful framework which advances equity based
on equivalent chance to all. In the year 1987, the Legal Services Authorities Act was
authorized by the Parliament which came into power on ninth November, 1995 to set up
an across the country uniform system for giving free and equipped lawful administrations
to the more fragile segments of the general public based on equivalent chance. The
National Legal Services Authority (NALSA) has been established under the Legal
Services Authorities Act, 1987 to screen and assess execution of lawful guide programs
and to set down arrangements and standards for making lawful administrations accessible
under the Act. In each State, a State Legal Services Authority and in each High Court, a
High Court Legal Services Committee have been comprised. Locale Legal Services
Authorities, Taluk Legal Services Committees have been established in the Districts and
the greater part of the Taluks to offer impact to the arrangements and headings of the
NALSA and to give free legitimate administrations to the individuals and lead
LokAdalats in the State. Incomparable Court Legal Services Committee has been
comprised to oversee and execute the lawful administrations program to the extent that it
identifies with the Supreme Court of India. Working of NALSA sets down approaches,
standards, rules and edges successful and conservative plans for the State Legal Services
Authorities to execute the Legal Services Programmesthroughout the nation. Principally,
the State Legal Services Authorities, District Legal Services Authorities, Taluk Legal
Services Committees, and so forth have been approached to release the accompanying
fundamental capacities on normal premise: I. To Provide Free and Competent Legal
Services to the qualified people; II. To sort out LokAdalats for genial settlement of
questions and III. To compose legitimate mindfulness camps in the rustic territories. I.
FREE LEGAL SERVICES The Free Legal Services incorporate:- a) Payment of court
expense, process expenses and every single other charge payable or acquired regarding
any legitimate procedures; b) Providing administration of legal advisors in lawful
procedures; c) Obtaining and supply of ensured duplicates of requests and different
records in lawful procedures. d) Preparation of request, paper book including printing and
interpretation of archives in lawful procedures. People qualified for getting free lawful
administrations incorporate:-
I) Women and kids;
ii) Members of SC/ST
iii) Industrial laborers

iv) Victims of mass calamity, savagery, flood, dry season, tremor, mechanical fiasco.
v) Disabled people.
vi) Persons in care
vii) Persons whose yearly salary doesn't surpass Rs. 1 lakh (in the Supreme Court Legal
Services Committee the point of confinement is Rs. 1,25,000/ - ).
viii) Victims of Trafficking in Human creatures or begar
Till 31.12.2014, absolute no. of 1,77,85,875 qualified people including ladies, kids,
people in guardianship, people having a place with SC/ST and in reverse classes have
been profited through different free lawful administrations specialists, viz.
SLSAs/DLSAs/TLSc/Legal Aid Clinics/Village Legal Care and Support Centers.

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AMITY LAW SCHOOL

AMITY UNIVERSITY UTTAR PRADESH,

Submitted To: Submitted By:

Supreme Court of India

High Court of India

 He should be a citizen of India.

 An advocate should have at least 10 years of practice in any court.

District Court of India

 He should be a citizen of India

 An advocate should have at least practice for 7 years.

Objectives of Legal Literacy

I) Women and kids;

ii) Members of SC/ST

iii) Industrial laborers

vi) Persons in care

viii) Victims of Trafficking in Human creatures or begar

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