Question:Which amongst the following recently launched web application for legal services to Prisoners?
(a) Supreme Court
(b) Law Commission
(c) Ministry of Law and Justice
(d) National Legal Services Authority
Answer- (d)
Related facts:
- On June 28, 2017, the National Legal Services Authority (NALSA) launched a web application to provide free legal services to prisoners.
- This Web application and the Legal Services Management System developed through the NIC was launched by Justice Dipak Misra in a conference held at the Indian Law Institute, New Delhi.
- Through Web Application the State Legal Services Authorities and District Legal Services Authorities shall feed the data for each individual prison inmate in the jails within their jurisdiction, with regard to their being represented through a counsel in the court.
- The software will be able to generate reports showing total number of inmates, number of inmates unrepresented, number of inmates represented by legal services lawyers and number of inmates represented by private lawyers.
- All the above information will be generated State wise, District wise and also in respect of each jail.
- The reports can also be generated by the period of incarceration, which will in turn generate information with regard to prisoners eligible for bail under Section 436-A Cr.P.C.
Reference:
http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=166991
http://nalsa.gov.in/