PRESS RELEASE As per the directions of NALSA, and approval of the Hon’ble Executive Chairman, this Authority identified 14 Districts viz., Chengalpattu, Coimbatore, Cuddalore, Madurai, Nagappatinam, Sivagangai, Theni, Tiruppur, Tiruchirappalli, Tirunelveli, Tiruvannamalai, Vellore, Villupuram and Virudhunagar for establishment of Legal Aid Defense Counsel System (LADCS). LADCS system is in line with public defender system and will be fully operationalized in all the Districts in current financial year in phased manner. The Hon’ble Mr Justice T. Raja Acting Chief Justice / Patron – in – Chief, TNSLSA has inaugurated LADCS in 14 Districts through Video Conferencing today.
PRESS RELEASE
As per the directions of NALSA, and approval of the Hon’ble Executive Chairman, this Authority identified 14 Districts viz., Chengalpattu, Coimbatore, Cuddalore, Madurai, Nagappatinam, Sivagangai, Theni, Tiruppur, Tiruchirappalli, Tirunelveli, Tiruvannamalai, Vellore, Villupuram and Virudhunagar for establishment of Legal Aid Defense Counsel System (LADCS). LADCS system is in line with public defender system and will be fully operationalized in all the Districts in current financial year in phased manner.
The Hon’ble Mr Justice T. Raja Acting Chief Justice / Patron – in – Chief, TNSLSA has inaugurated LADCS in 14 Districts through Video Conferencing today.
His Lordship in his inaugural address emphasizes that this system is very much helpful to the poor & down trodden people who are made accused in criminal cases.
The Legal Aid defense counsel system is an incentive to offer Free Legal Aid to be made in Criminal cases from pre Arrest to Appeal Stages, launched in the State on Monday. 09.01.2023.
For this system well experienced Advocates are selected to defend the accused. The advocate will also be given training then and there.
The Hon’ble Committee Judges of TNSLSA Hon’ble Mr Justice A.D. Jagadish Chandra, Hon’ble Mr Justice M.Dhandapani, Hon’ble Mr Justice G.K. Ilanthiraiyan, Hon’ble Mrs Justice T.V.Tamil Selvi of TNSLSA and Principal District Judges and other Judicial Officers of 14 Districts also participated through Video Conference in the said event.
- JAYASREE
Deputy Secretary,
Tamil Nadu State Legal Services Authority