AALO, Apr 3: The Arunachal Pradesh State Legal Services Authority in collaboration with District Legal Services Authority, Aalo inaugurated Legal Aid Clinic at Women Police Station Aalo, in compliance by the order passed by the Supreme Court of India in Writ Petition (Civil) No. 427 of 2022 titled Bachpan Bachao Andolan Vs Union of India and Ors.
​The newly set up Legal Aid Clinic is intended to provide speedy, easy and accessible legal aid to the women, weaker sections of society, which would also benefit the inmates and cases related to missing children and offences against children.
Member Secretary, Arunachal Pradesh PSLSA Yomge Ado inaugurated the new Legal Aid Clinic set up in the premises of Women Police Station in the presence of Moge Bole, Deputy Superintendent of Police, Aalo, Adv. Marphy Ete, Chief Legal Defense Counsel, Adv. Jummin Lollen, Dy. Chief Defense Counsel, Retainer Lawyer, Staffs & Legal Aid functionaries and Police Personnel.
The Member Secretary elucidated the aims & objective of Legal Aid Clinic, Free and Competent Legal Services provided under Legal Services Authorities Act, 1987, Arunachal Pradesh Victim Compensation Scheme, 2011, the role of Para Legal Volunteers and the assistance rendered by Legal Services Authorities to implement Early Access to Justice at pre-arrest, arrest and remand stages. He also stressed on the importance of cordial coordination between Legal Aid Institutions and Police Stations.
All the stakeholders expressed their gratitude for opening the Legal Aid Clinic in the Police Station, which would cater the needs of needy and poor people of the area and also assured to work in coordination with Legal Services Institutions and to facilitate access to justice for all.

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