Member Secretary, Punjab Legal Services Authority, SAS Nagar inspected Central Jail, Patiala and Nabha Jails.

Published on: 07 Jul 2023 at 10:31 AM

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Patiala, July 7

Manjinder Singh, Member Secretary, Punjab Legal Services Authority, SAS Nagar alongwith Sh. Baljinder Singh, Chief Judicial Magistrate-cum-Secretary, District Legal Services Authority, SAS Nagar and Ms Manni Arora, Chief Judicial Magistrate-cum-Secretary, District Legal Services Authority, Patiala inspected Central Jail, Patiala, New District Jail, Nabha and Open Air Jail Nabha.

On this occasion, Manjinder Singh, Member Secretary, Punjab Legal Services Authority, SAS Nagar interacted with the jail inmates regarding their grievances/problems being faced by them. He told the jail inmates about the persons who are entitled free legal aid as per section 12 of Legal Services Authorities Act, 1987 i.e. a member of a Scheduled Caste or Scheduled Tribe; a victim of trafficking in human beings or beggar, a women or a child; a person with disability, a person who is a victim of a mass disaster, ethnic violence, caste atrocity, flood, drought, earthquake or industrial disaster; or, an industrial workman; or in custody and how they can get free legal services.