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U.P. State Legal Services Authority was constituted under section
6 of the Legal Services Authority Act 1987. Hon’ble the Chief
Justice of the Allahabad High Court is Patron-in-Chief while
Senior/Sitting Judge, Allahabad High Court
is the Executive Chairman of the Authority.
High Court Legal Services Committee at Allahabad with its Sub
Committee at High Court Lucknow Bench, 71 District Legal Services
Authorities and 300 Tehsil Legal Services Committees have been
constituted under the Act. District Judge is the Chiarman while a
Judicial Officer of rank of Civil Judge (Senior Division) is
Secretary of the District Legal Services Authority. Senior Civil
Judge of the Tehsil is Ex-officio Chairman of Tehsil Legal
Services Committee and Tehsildar is Secretary of Tehsil Legal
Services Committee.
Authority was
constituted to provide free and competent legal services 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.
Other objectives
are to organize Lok Adalats to secure that the operation of the
legal system promotes justice on a basis of equal opportunity in a
congenial atmosphere.
Award of the Lok
Adalat is final and binding on all the parties to the dispute. No
appeal lies against award.
Legal awareness
and Legal Literacy Camps, Departmental Lok Adalats, Lok Adalats
for Banks etc. are also organized under the Act.
Two Mediation
Centres at High Court Allahabad and Lucknow are also established
to settle disputes with the aid of mediators. Presently, the court
annexed mediation centres have become functional in all the 71
Districts/Sessions Divisions of the State of Uttar Pradesh.
Symposiums,
Seminars, Conferences are also organized in order to settle
disputes as well as to make the people aware about legal system.
If any one
including any Department or any Organization wants to settle
matters at pre-litigation stage or a matter pending in any Court
or Tribunal, through Lok Adalats by mutual settlement or a family
dispute by mutual reconciliation or departmental disputes through
Departmental Lok Adalat, please contact:
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State Legal
Services Authority, 3rd floor, Jawahar Bhawan Annexe,
Lucknow.
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District Legal
Services Authority, Civil Court Premises in concerned district.
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High Court
Legal services Committee, High Court Allahabad.
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High Court
Legal Services Sub Committee, Lucknow Bench Lucknow.
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Tehsil Legal
Services Committee at concerned Tehsil.
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Web site
: upslsa.up.nic.in
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E-mail :
upslsa[at]nic[dot]in
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Phone
0522-2286395, 2286260, 2286265
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