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Radha Devi Vs. Land Reforms and Revenue Department

Court : Jharkhand

..... the preamble of the legal services authorities act, 1987 underscores that the legal services authorities are concerned with the weaker sections of the society and imposes a duty on them to ensure that opportunities for securing justice are not denied to any citizen by reason of economic ..... to achieve the aforesaid purposes the national legal service authority 6 established under the legal services authorities act has issued direction to the respective state legal services authority to play an important role for effective implementation of welfare scheme, where the beneficiaries are deprived of getting the benefit ..... we, therefore, direct the state authority to constitute a committee under the jharkhand bhoodan yagna act, 1954 within one month from today consisting of deputy commissioners of all the districts; principal district judge of each district, who is ex-officio chairman of district legal services authority; secretary, district legal services authority and one of the officers to be nominated by the deputy ..... state legal services authority is requested to pass necessary orders, designating the chairman district legal services authority to play a role of ombudsman and help the poor landless persons in getting the land under the bhoodan act. ..... the allotment of land under bhoodan act is also one of the beneficial schemes of the government and as such we are of the view that the legal services authority of the state of jharkhand can play an important role in fair distribution .....

Smt. Chandrakanti Das and ors. Vs. State of Orissa and ors.

Court : Orissa

Reported in : AIR2010Ori23; 2009(II)OLR448

..... where a compromise or settlement has been arrived at, by a lok adalat in a case referred to it under sub-section (1) of section 20 of legal services authorities act, 1987, the court by which the case was so referred to the lok adalat shall grant a certificate to the party or every party to the case who paid any court-fee in that case, authorizing him to receive back from the collector the full amount of the fee so paid.6 ..... subsection 1 of section 21 of the legal services authorities act, 1987 (in short 'the act, 1987'), which is reproduced as under:every award of the lok adalat shall be deemed to be decree of a civil court or, as the case may be, an order of any other court and where a compromise or settlement has been arrived at, by a lok adalat in a case referred to it under sub-section (1) of section 20, the court-fee paid in such case shall be refunded in the manner provided under the court-fees act, 1870.5. in view of the ..... considering the question after making cumulative study of the above quoted provisions, it is necessary to go through the preamble of the act, 1987 which reads as under:an act to constitute legal services authorities to provide free and competent legal service to the weaker sections of the society to ensure that opportunities for securing justice are not denied to any citizen by reason of economic or other disabilities, and to organize lok adalats to secure that the operation of the legal system promotes justice on a basis of equal opportunity.8 .....

Kishan Rao and anr. Vs. Bidar District Legal Services Authority and or ...

Court : Karnataka

Reported in : AIR2001Kant407

..... in that event, no award can be passed by the lok adalat as per sub-section (5) of section 20 of the legal services authorities act, 1987, which provides that where no award is made by the lok adalat on the ground that no compromise or settlement could be arrived at between the parties, it shall be open to the parties to the suit or proceeding transferred from a ..... and until all parties to the suit have entered into a compromise or settlement and such award is bad and illegal for not being in accordance with the requirements of law under section 20 of the legal services authorities act, 1987, is not binding and is not effective. ..... of the legal services authorities act, 1987 reads as ..... section 19 of the legal services authorities act, 1987 provides for organisation of lok adalats and lok adalats have been conferred jurisdiction as per sub-section (3) of section 19 to determine and arrive at a compromise or settlement between the parties to a dispute in respect of ..... the legal services authorities act, no doubt, has been enacted with the object to provide free legal aid services to the weaker ..... ), bhalki, referred the matter to lok adalat for disposal according to the legal authorities act and on 28-11-1998 the lok adalat passed the order decreeing the suit in ..... to be denied to the citizens by reason of economic or other disabilities and to organize lokadalats to secure that the operation of the legal system promote justice on the basis of equal opportunity as per the preamble of the act. .....

Board of Trustees of the Port of Visakhapatnam Vs. Presiding Officer, ...

Court : Andhra Pradesh

Reported in : 2000(5)ALD682; 2000(5)ALT577

..... satyanarayana, learned counsel appearing on behalf of the second respondent sought to repel these contentions on the ground that in view of the provision of the legal services authorities act, 1987 (for short 'the act'), the award passed by the respondent no.1 is final and further it was passed only after notice to the petitioner and there was no objection of any kind whatsoever in nature and it is only with their consent the award ..... from these and other detailed submissions made on either side, by going through the record and the provisions of the said act, the important question which arises in this writ petition is as to the effect of an award passed by the district legal services authority under the provisions of legal services authorities act, 1987 and whether the same can be challenged under article 226 of the constitution of india.7. ..... the impugned award andproceedings were in pursuance of the provisions of the legal services authorities act 39 of 1987, which had come into force on 9-11-1995. ..... the preamble of the act reiterates that it is with a view to provide free and competent legal services to the weaker section of the society; to ensure that opportunities for securing justice are not denied to any citizen by reason of economic, or other disabilities and to secure operation of the legal system of equal opportunity that the act has been brought. .....

S. Manilal Panicker Vs. Titto Abraham

Court : Kerala

..... filing of the appeal, the division bench before which the appeal was pending referred the matter to the lok adalat on 13-1-2010 evidently under clause (ii) of section 20(1) of the legal services authorities act, 1987 (the l.s.a. ..... .19 of the said act lok adalats are to be organized by every state legal services authority, the district legal services authority, supreme court legal services, committee, high court legal services committee and taluk legal services committee. ..... act, dealing with the state legal services authority was brought into force in the state of kerala only with effect ..... act saddles upon the state the obligation to provide free legal aid and legal services to the deserving sections of ..... filed under section 5 of the kerala high court act, 1958 was disposed of by a division bench on 25-3-2010 as closed consequent on the matter having been settled before the lok adalat organized by the high court legal services committee on 4-3-2010. ..... the expression legal service has been defined ..... court refers the parties to the suit to any one of the mode of settlement of dispute referred to in section 89 of the code of civil procedure, 1908 (5 of 1908), the plaintiff shall be entitled to a certificate from the court authorizing him to receive back from the collector, the full amount of the fee paid in respect of such plaint. ..... of the laudable objectives proclaimed in the preamble to the said act is to provide free and competent legal service to the deserving sections of the society .....

Zulfikar Nasir & Ors. Vs.state of Uttar Pradesh & Ors.

Court : Delhi

..... (ix) the victim(s) or the next of kin of the deceased in cases of mob violence and lynching shall receive free legal aid if he or she so chooses and engage any advocate of his/her choice from amongst those enrolled in the legal aid panel under the legal services authorities act, 1987. ..... accepting the suggestion of the learned counsel for the nhrc, this court recommends that every state legal services authority should designate a nodal officer to address the needs of the victim families in the case of custodial killings or state excesses. ..... (para104) (xv) this court recommends that every state legal services authority should designate a nodal officer to address the needs of the victim families in the case of custodial killings or state excesses. ..... poonawalla v union of india (supra) in the context of mob lynching, which could apply equally in instances like the present one where there has been a targeted killing, are also required to be acted upon urgently if justice is to be ultimately delivered in these kinds of cases: (viii) the victim(s) or the next of kin of the deceased in cases of mob violence and lynching shall be given timely notice of any court proceedings and he/she ..... the preamble to this document dated 20th july, 2010 states as under: each victim has the right to know the truth regarding the circumstances of the enforced disappearance, the progress and results of the investigation and the .....

State of U P vs.suresh Chand Sharma & Ors.

Court : Delhi

..... (ix) the victim(s) or the next of kin of the deceased in cases of mob violence and lynching shall receive free legal aid if he or she so chooses and engage any advocate of his/her choice from amongst those enrolled in the legal aid panel under the legal services authorities act, 1987. ..... accepting the suggestion of the learned counsel for the nhrc, this court recommends that every state legal services authority should designate a nodal officer to address the needs of the victim families in the case of custodial killings or state excesses. ..... (para104) (xv) this court recommends that every state legal services authority should designate a nodal officer to address the needs of the victim families in the case of custodial killings or state excesses. ..... poonawalla v union of india (supra) in the context of mob lynching, which could apply equally in instances like the present one where there has been a targeted killing, are also required to be acted upon urgently if justice is to be ultimately delivered in these kinds of cases: (viii) the victim(s) or the next of kin of the deceased in cases of mob violence and lynching shall be given timely notice of any court proceedings and he/she ..... the preamble to this document dated 20th july, 2010 states as under: each victim has the right to know the truth regarding the circumstances of the enforced disappearance, the progress and results of the investigation and the .....

Babuddin & Anr. Vs.state of Uttar Pradesh & Ors.

Court : Delhi

..... (ix) the victim(s) or the next of kin of the deceased in cases of mob violence and lynching shall receive free legal aid if he or she so chooses and engage any advocate of his/her choice from amongst those enrolled in the legal aid panel under the legal services authorities act, 1987. ..... accepting the suggestion of the learned counsel for the nhrc, this court recommends that every state legal services authority should designate a nodal officer to address the needs of the victim families in the case of custodial killings or state excesses. ..... (para104) (xv) this court recommends that every state legal services authority should designate a nodal officer to address the needs of the victim families in the case of custodial killings or state excesses. ..... poonawalla v union of india (supra) in the context of mob lynching, which could apply equally in instances like the present one where there has been a targeted killing, are also required to be acted upon urgently if justice is to be ultimately delivered in these kinds of cases: (viii) the victim(s) or the next of kin of the deceased in cases of mob violence and lynching shall be given timely notice of any court proceedings and he/she ..... the preamble to this document dated 20th july, 2010 states as under: each victim has the right to know the truth regarding the circumstances of the enforced disappearance, the progress and results of the investigation and the .....

Prabhakar S. Thakur Vs. Mahrashtra Housing and Area Development Author ...

Court : Mumbai

Reported in : 2006(4)BomCR305; (2006)IIILLJ187Bom; 2006(4)MhLj685

..... was unable to produce before us any notification issued under section 22b of the legal services authorities act, 1987 and as per the notification dated 25th february, 2004 issued under section 19(1) of the legal services authorities act, 1987 constituting the lok nyayalaya which could entertain only matters pending before any authority, tribunal or court, wherein there is a compromise or a settlement. ..... ultimately, the learned single judge considered the provisions of sections 19 and 20 of the legal services authorities act, 1987 and, after referring the judgment of the supreme court in state of punjab and ..... learned special senior counsel, appearing on behalf of the respondents, pointed out that the above lok nyayalaya has been specifically constituted under section 19 of the legal services authorities act, 1987 by a notification dated 25.2.2004 issued by the law and judiciary department, mantralaya and the notification clearly indicates that the said lok adalat has been constituted in pursuance of the provisions of section 19 of the legal services authorities act, 1987. ..... the preamble of the said act, reads as under : an act to constitute legal services authorities to provide free and competent legal service to the weaker sections of the society to ensure that opportunities for securing justice are not denied to any citizen by reason of economic or other disabilities, and to organise lok adalats to secure that the operation of the legal system promotes justice on a basis of .....

Smt. Shobha Vs. State Election Commission, by Its Commissioner and ors ...

Court : Karnataka

Reported in : ILR2003KAR3104; 2004(2)KarLJ375

..... of the karnataka local authorities (prohibition on defection) act, 1987 (the act' for short), requires to be noticed first.the preamble of the act gives and indication of the purpose and object of the act. ..... before the election commission if the party had really issued the whip to all its members, the person speaking for the party would have produced a copy of the whip before the first respondent authority, firstly to demonstrate that a whip had been prepared before the date of elections and secondly would have spoken to the contents of the whip, wherein a direction was issued to the members ..... office on the date of election to receive the directions of the party high command instead of that important evidence, they have tried to rely upon a whip whose existence is shrouded with mystery and preparation and service of the same is denied by the petitioner at the earliest point of time in a situation of this nature, it was expected of the president of dcci firstly to have produced before the state election commission ..... hearing, the first respondent has accepted the request made in the complaint and has passed the impugned order holding that the congress party had issued a whip, the whip was legal, it was served on the petitioner and as the petitioner has not obeyed the whip, she is liable for disqualification and therefore has disqualified the petitioner from being member of the ..... the question to be determined legally is whether the petitioner deserves an order of disqualification .....