State Profile TAMIL NADU ( तमिलनाडु )
DLSA's of TAMIL NADU
- Ariyalur
- CHENNAI
- COIMBATORE
- CUDDALORE
- Dharmapuri
- DINDIGUL
- ERODE
- KANCHEEPURAM
- KANYAKUMARI
- KARUR
- KRISHNAGIRI
- MADURAI
- NAGAPATTINAM
- NAMAKKAL
- NILGIRIS
- PERAMBALUR
- PUDUKKOTTAI
- RAMANATHAPURAM
- SALEM
- SIVAGANGAI
- THANJAVUR
- THENI
- THIRUVALLUR
- THIRUVARUR
- THOOTHUKKUDI
- TIRUCHIRAPPALI
- TIRUNELVELI
- Tiruppur
- TIRUVANNAMALAI
- VELLORE
- VILLUPURAM
- VIRUDHUNAGAR
- Ariyalur
- Chennai
- Coimbatore
- Cuddalore
- Dharmapuri
- Dindigul
- Erode
- Kanchipuram
- Kanyakumari
- Karur
- Krishnagiri
- Madurai
- Nagapattinam
- Namakkal
- Perambalur
- Pudukkottai
- Ramanathapuram
- Salem
- Sivaganga
- Thanjavur
- The Nilgiris
- Theni
- Thoothukudi
- Tiruchirappalli
- Tirunelveli
- Tiruppur
- Tiruvallur
- Tiruvannamalai
- Tiruvarur
- Vellore
- Viluppuram
- Virudhunagar
| Patron in Chief | Hon'ble Mr. Justice Ameeshwar Pratap Sahi Patron-in-Chief |
| Executive Chairman | Hon’ble Mr. Justice S.Vaidyanathan Executive Chairman |
| Member Secretary | Shri A. Nazir Ahamed Member Secretary |
| Address & Contact Details |
|---|
| Tamil Nadu State Legal Services Authority, North Fort Road, High Court Campus CHENNAI - 600104. |
| Phone : (O) 044-25342834 (O) 25235767 |
| Email : tnslsa@dataone.in, tnslsa@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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 32 | 150 | 32 | 29 |
Legal aid beneficiaries:
| Categories | 2015-2016 | 2016-2017 | 2017-2018 | 2018-2019 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SC | 3067 | 3007 | 3613 | 3712 |
| ST | 710 | 617 | 602 | 680 |
| BC | 40826 | - | - | - |
| Women | 9697 | 8040 | 12527 | 10180 |
| Children | 463 | 107 | 177 | 303 |
| In custody | 4190 | 4138 | 3401 | 3055 |
| Persons with Disability | - | 81 | 52 | 75 |
| Industrial Workmen | - | 7 | 6 | 19 |
| Transgender | - | 105 | 17 | 12 |
| Victim of Traffincking in Human Beings or Begar |
- | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Victim of Mass Disaster Violence, Flood, Draught Earthquake and Industrial Disaster |
- | 30 | 1 | 53 |
| General (whose annual income does not eceed the prescribed limit) |
- | 20680 | 11783 | 5843 |
| Others | 680 | 7710 | 27489 | 16903 |
| TOTAL | 59633 | 44522 | 59668 | 40835 |
Legal Literacy/Legal Awareness camps/programmes
| 2016-17 | 2017-18 | 2018-19 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Programmes held | 3053 | 5682 | 7085 |
| Persons attended | 441113 | 946859 | 1536411 |
Annual Income Ceiling limit u/s 12(h) of the Act: Rs. 1,00,000/-
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 | 24 | 555 | 119 | 0 | 120 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 834 |
| No. of persons visited | 1312 | 11448 | 5126 | 0 | 34841 | 1296 | 150 | 0 | 54173 |
| No. of persons provided legal assistance | 28 | 1136 | 1077 | 0 | 1750 | 158 | 0 | 0 | 4149 |
Disposal of Lok Adalat
| National Lok Adalat in 2018 |
|
|---|
Total No. of ADR Centers : 32
Total No. of Mediation Centers (other than ADR Centers) : 10
Total No. of Mediators Trained
| MCPC | Non MCPC | Total |
| 26 | 885 | 911 |
|---|
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 | 3010 | 57 | 3067 | 313 | 276 | 20613021 |
| 2017-18 | 682 | 162 | 844 | 211 | 526 | 27219000 |
| 2018-19 | 757 | 118 | 875 | 425 | 947 | 57661540 |