Itanagar, Mar 14: Arunachal Pradesh State Legal Services Authority (APSLSA) has set up a Legal Aid Clinic in Police Station Namsai, to provide free legal services related to missing children & offences against children and early access to justice at Pre-Arrest, arrest and remand stages.
Member Secretary of Arunachal Pradesh SLSA Yomge Ado highlighted the role, functions and importance of a Legal Aid Clinic and Para Legal Volunteers (PLVs), the grassroot workers who act as bridge between the Legal Services Institutions and common people to ensure that a person or any legal aid seeker, gets free legal assistance through the nearest legal services institution. The Superintendent of Police also emphasized on the purpose of legal aid clinic and the need to work in coordination between legal services institutions and police stations to provide easy and early access to justice to the needy legal aid seekers.
Legal Aid Clinic in Police Station, Namsai is the 6th Legal Aid Clinic opened this year by the State Authority while ensuring that access to justice is easier and reach to all the marginalized sections of society under the NALSA’s Free and Competent Legal Services schemes and regulation under section 12 of Legal Services AuthoritiesAct, 1987.
Pamphlets/IEC Materials related to NALSA mandated schemes and other government welfare schemes were also distributed to all the attendees during the inaugural programme.

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