The Regulation 3 of the National Legal Services Authority (Legal Services Clinics) Regulations, 2011 provides that subject to the financial resources available, District Legal Services Clinics can be established in;
- all villages, or for a cluster of villages, depending on the size of such villages, which shall be called the Village Legal Care and Support Centre; and
- jails, educational institutions, community centres, protection homes, Courts, juvenile justice boards and other areas, especially where the people face geographical, social and other barriers for access to the legal services institutions.
The details of the Legal Services Clinics functional across the country and number of persons provided with legal assistance during the year 2023-24 and 2024-25 are as follows:
| Years | 2023-24 | 2024-25 (upto May, 2024) | ||
| Categories | Legal Services Clinics | Number of persons provided legal assistance | Legal Services Clinics | Number of persons provided legal assistance |
| Law Colleges / Universities | 1034 | 27545 | 1030 | 3677 |
| Villages | 3659 | 234515 | 3899 | 42949 |
| Community Centres | 971 | 75114 | 794 | 15099 |
| Courts | 1018 | 141539 | 1042 | 28268 |
| Jails | 1215 | 324867 | 1270 | 63141 |
| JJB/CWC/ Observation Homes | 479 | 48565 | 509 | 11809 |
| For the people of North-East | 47 | 615 | 45 | 156 |
| Others | 2961 | 183280 | 2985 | 32020 |
| Total | 11384 | 1036040 | 11574 | 197119 |
The details of the Legal Services Clinics functioning in the State of Uttar Pradesh as on May, 2024 are as follows:
| Categories | Number of Legal Services Clinics functioning |
| Law Colleges / Universities | 155 |
| Villages | 120 |
| Community Centres | 32 |
| Courts | 58 |
| Jails | 77 |
| JJB/CWC/ Observation Homes | 16 |
| For the people of North-East | 7 |
| Others | 317 |
| Total | 782 |
Presently, Legal Aid Clinics are operational in 13 places under the District Legal Services Authority of Bulandshahar District.
Regular Legal Awareness Programmes are being organised under the aegis of NALSA at Taluk, District, State and National Level to create awareness about the functioning of Legal Aid Clinics and the rights of the weaker and marginalized sections of the society. During the financial year 2023-24 and 2024-25 (upto May, 2024), 4,30,306 and 54,671 Legal awareness camps/programmes were organized which were attended by 4,49,22,092 and 49,62,765 persons respectively.
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