The Madhya Pradesh State Legal Services Authority, last week, launched the first phase of a Legal Aid Defense Counsel System in 19 districts in the State..The inauguration was attended by the High Court Chief Justice Ravi Malimath, who is also the Patron-in-Chief of the Madhya Pradesh State Legal Service Authorities..Districts where the facility has been introduced are Ashoknagar, Balaghat, Barwani, Bhopal, Chhatarpur, Chhindwara, Dewas, Dhar, Guna, Jhabua, Mandla, Mandsaur, Narmadapuram, Narsingpur, Raisen, Shahdol, Shajapur, Umaria, and Vidisha..Efforts are being made to make the project functional in the remaining districts of the State by March 31, 2023. .An orientation and Capacity Building Training Programme was also conducted on the same day for selected chief and deputy legal aid defense counsels, in the presence of Justice Vivek Agarwal, judge and chairman of the High Court Legal Services Committee, Jabalpur..Chief Justice Malimath also inaugurated a three-day capacity-building Regional Training Programme for selected panel lawyers for the High Court Legal Services Committee, Jabalpur in presence of Justice Sujoy Paul, chairman of the governing council of the Madhya Pradesh State Judicial Academy, and Justice Vivek Agarwal.
The Madhya Pradesh State Legal Services Authority, last week, launched the first phase of a Legal Aid Defense Counsel System in 19 districts in the State..The inauguration was attended by the High Court Chief Justice Ravi Malimath, who is also the Patron-in-Chief of the Madhya Pradesh State Legal Service Authorities..Districts where the facility has been introduced are Ashoknagar, Balaghat, Barwani, Bhopal, Chhatarpur, Chhindwara, Dewas, Dhar, Guna, Jhabua, Mandla, Mandsaur, Narmadapuram, Narsingpur, Raisen, Shahdol, Shajapur, Umaria, and Vidisha..Efforts are being made to make the project functional in the remaining districts of the State by March 31, 2023. .An orientation and Capacity Building Training Programme was also conducted on the same day for selected chief and deputy legal aid defense counsels, in the presence of Justice Vivek Agarwal, judge and chairman of the High Court Legal Services Committee, Jabalpur..Chief Justice Malimath also inaugurated a three-day capacity-building Regional Training Programme for selected panel lawyers for the High Court Legal Services Committee, Jabalpur in presence of Justice Sujoy Paul, chairman of the governing council of the Madhya Pradesh State Judicial Academy, and Justice Vivek Agarwal.
