Department of Justice Launches Tele-Law (Pro Bono Legal Services) Nyaya Bandhu Mobile Application.
The Department of Justice as on 19th of Feb 2019 launched a mobile application for Pro Bono Legal Services. The application is named as Nyaya Bandhu (Pro Bono Legal Services). According to the department, the main purpose of this application is to provide the pro bono legal services to the citizens and to expand the reach of pro bono legal services by adopting the latest technology. Even an advocate can register himself with this Mobile Application and can start providing Pro Bono Legal Services. The Mobile Application can be downloaded from Google Play Store also for free of cost.
“The Union Law Minister in a recent press release stated that the policy of the present government is to ensure empowerment of common man by popularizing technology to a level that it becomes an instrument of change. He also said that a similar project has been proved useful in the States of U.P., Bihar and J&K and more than 50,000 people have availed the benefit of this service. He further stated that the collegium should consider introducing a provision for getting preference in appointment as a judge if the advocate has substantive credit of providing pro-bono service. It was also stated in the official press release that this mobile application will allow the PLVs to perform on-field pre-registration of cases with a facility to seek appointment from the Panel lawyer on preferred date and time, in coordination with Village Level Entrepreneur (VLE) at the CSC. The application will benefit 73,000 PLVs of National Legal Service Authority and State Legal Services Authorities (SLSA) in the country who will be associated under Tele-Law service.”
