State Profile ASSAM ( असम )
DLSA's of ASSAM
- Baksa
- Barpeta
- Biswanth
- Bongaigaon
- Cachar, Silchar
- Charaideo
- Chirang
- Dhemaji
- Dhubri
- Dibrugarh
- Dima Hasao
- Drrang
- Goalpara
- Golaghat
- Hailakandi
- Hojai
- Jorhat
- Kamrup(Amingaon)
- Kamrup (M)
- Karbi Anglong
- Karimganj
- Kokrajhar
- Lakhimpur
- Majuli
- Morigaon
- Nagaon
- Nalbari
- Sivsagar
- Sonitpur
- South Salmara(Mancachar)
- Tinsukia
- Udalguri
- West Karbi Anglong
| Patron in Chief | Hon'ble Mr. SANDEEP MEHTA Patron-in-Chief |
| Executive Chairman |
Hon'ble Mr. Justice Lanusungkum Jamir Executive Chairman |
| Member Secretary | Shri Ratnadip Bhattacharjee Member Secretary |
| Address & Contact Details |
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| Assam State Legal Services Authority, 1st Floor, District Judges New Court Building, Gauhati High Court, GUWAHATI – 781001 |
| Phone : 0361-2601843/2516367 -- |
| Email : aslsa@gmail.com, assamslsa@gmail.com -- |
| Total No. of DLSAs | Total No. of TLSCs | Total No. of Full time Secretaries of DLSAs sanctioned | Total No. of Full time Secretaries of DLSAs appointed |
|---|---|---|---|
| 33 | 3 | 22 | 22 |
Legal aid beneficiaries:
| Categories | 2015-2016 | 2016-2017 | 2017-2018 | 2018-2019 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SC | 75 | 99 | 216 | 88 |
| ST | 59 | 369 | 342 | 142 |
| BC | 96 | - | - | - |
| Women | 252 | 858 | 1329 | 1523 |
| Children | 20 | 80 | 28 | 72 |
| In custody | 402 | 817 | 2015 | 2199 |
| Persons with Disability | - | 202 | 59 | 30 |
| Industrial Workmen | - | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Transgender | - | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Victim of Traffincking in Human Beings or Begar |
- | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| Victim of Mass Disaster Violence, Flood, Draught Earthquake and Industrial Disaster |
- | 243 | 2 | 25 |
| General (whose annual income does not eceed the prescribed limit) |
- | 400 | 595 | 925 |
| Others | 179 | 1147 | 2442 | 3869 |
| TOTAL | 1083 | 4215 | 7033 | 8850 |
Legal Literacy/Legal Awareness camps/programmes
| 2016-17 | 2017-18 | 2018-19 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Programmes held | 1152 | 1572 | 1828 |
| Persons attended | 94409 | 159624 | 237307 |
Annual Income Ceiling limit u/s 12(h) of the Act: Rs. 75,000/-
Legal Services Clinics (upto Mar. 19)
| Colleges / Universities | Villeges | Community Centers | Courts | Jails | JJBs | For the people of North-East | Others | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. of Legal Services Clinics | 15 | 165 | 3 | 21 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 236 |
| No. of persons visited | 24 | 5108 | 2554 | 1723 | 3190 | 0 | 0 | 3048 | 15647 |
| No. of persons provided legal assistance | 18 | 4258 | 1907 | 1467 | 2050 | 0 | 0 | 1852 | 11552 |
Disposal of Lok Adalat
| National Lok Adalat in 2018 |
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Total No. of ADR Centers : 12
Total No. of Mediation Centers (other than ADR Centers) : 15
Total No. of Mediators Trained
| MCPC | Non MCPC | Total |
| 153 | Nil | 153 |
|---|
Victim Compensation Schemes
| Years | Applications received directly by Legal Services Institutions (A) | Applications / orders marked / directed by and Court (B) | Applications received including COurt Orders (A+B) | Applications Decided | Applications Pending | Compensation Awarded in (Rs.) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016-17 | 33 | 159 | 192 | 90 | 237 | 4719030 |
| 2017-18 | 80 | 380 | 460 | 279 | 511 | 21468800 |
| 2018-19 | 139 | 423 | 562 | 371 | 547 | 44770402 |