Chief Justice of India to inaugurate All India Legal Services Authorities meet
The Meet will deliberate on the future course of action for Legal Services Authorities, targets and various challenges present before it and the steps to be undertaken to strengthen and streamline legal aid programmes in the country.
Chief Justice of India and Patron-in-Chief, NALSA, Dr. Dhananjaya Yeshwant Chandrachud, will inaugurate the 19th All India Legal Services Authorities Meet on 30 June at SKICC, Srinagar. The All India Legal Services Authorities Meet, scheduled to be held on 30th June and 01st July, is being hosted by the Government of J&K and Jammu & Kashmir Legal Services Authority under the aegis of National Legal Services Authority.
It is being attended by Chief Justices of High Courts, Executive Chairpersons, State Legal Services Authorities, Chairpersons, High Court Legal Services Committees, Member Secretary, NALSA, Member Secretary SCLSC, Member Secretaries SLSAs, Member Secretaries HCLSCs, members of LADCS, panel lawyers, law students, faculty and students of various law universities, members of prominent NGOs amongst others.
The Meet will deliberate on the future course of action for Legal Services Authorities, targets and various challenges present before it and the steps to be undertaken to strengthen and streamline legal aid programmes in the country.
Earlier on Thursday, Justice D Y Chandrachud paid obeisance at the sanctum sanctorum Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Shrine nestled in Trikuta Hills of Katra town in Reasi district of Jammu and Kashmir. The Shrine Board spokesman said that the Chief Justice of India was received by Anshul Garg, Chief Executive Officer, Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Shrine Board.
The Chief Justice of India was accompanied by the Chief Justice of J&K and Ladakh High Court. The CEO briefed the dignitaries about the continuing initiatives being taken by Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Shrine Board under the Chairmanship of Lieutenant Governor, J&K for upgrading and expanding the infrastructure to facilitate the progressively increasing number of pilgrims to the Holy Shrine.
The CJI complemented the efforts being initiated by the Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Shrine Board for welfare and providing facilities to the visiting pilgrims to make their pilgrimage hassle-free. After paying obeisance at the Holy Cave Shrine, the CJI visited Bhairon Ghati to pay obeisance at the Bhairon Baba Temple.
This is the first visit of Justice Chandrachud to the Holy Shrine after taking over as Chief Justice of India. Justice Dhananjaya Y. Chandrachud, the Chief Justice of India laid foundation stone for the new High Court complex of J&K and Ladakh at Raika, in presence of Lieutenant Governor of J&K, Manoj Sinha, Lieutenant Governor of Ladakh, Brig. (Dr.) B.D. Mishra (Retd.) and Judges of Supreme Court and High Court on Wednesday.
