"Need To Ensure Legal Cover To Marginalised Sections": Supreme Court Judge

Justice U U Lalit said the state legal services authority is bound to ensure legal aid to weaker sections of community, including women and children.

Supreme Court judge Justice U U Lalit has expressed the need to ensure legal protection to the marginalised sections of the society.

Justice Lalit, who is also the Executive Chairman of National Legal Services Authority, said the state legal services authority is bound to ensure legal aid to the weaker sections of the community, including women and children.

He was speaking at the Legal Awareness Camp and Expo, for the vulnerable sections of the society, organised by Kerala State Legal Services Authority at the Vellar Craft village, Thiruvananthapuram, as part of the Azadi ka Amrut Mahotsav.

"Even though many programmes are conducted by the Union and state governments for giving legal aid to the marginalised sections of the community, the results do not reach the beneficiaries as they are not aware of the existence of the schemes," Justice Lalit said.