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Tele -Law Programme
The Tele-Law programme achieved a new milestone with 40 lakh beneficiaries empowered with pre-litigation advice.
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The Tele-Law programmeunder the Ministry of Law and Justiceachieved a new milestone with 40 lakh beneficiaries across the country empowered with pre-litigation advice.
The programme is one of the manyinitiatives undertaken by the GoI to promote inclusivity and accessibility for citizens in the judicial sphere.
About Tele-Law Programme :
The programme was launched in 2017 and is an e-interface mechanism to seek legal advice and consultation at pre-litigation stage with the aim of ‘Reaching the Unreached’.
The tele-law programme connectsneedy and marginalised people in need of legal aid with the Panel Lawyers via video conferencing/telephonic facilities available at Common Service Centres (CSCs) situated at the panchayat level.
The service can also be accessed through the Tele-Law Mobile App (available on Android and iOS).
India’s Judiciary has taken various steps, like launching an e-version of Supreme Court Reports, translation of judgements in multiple regional languages, National Judicial Data Grid(NJDG) among others, to help modernise courts.
The National Judicial Data Grid(NJDG) is a database of orders, judgments and case details of connected District & Subordinate Courts and High Courts created as an online platform on which data is updated on a near real-time basis.
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