State Profile WEST BENGAL ( पश्चिम बंगाल )

 
 
Patron in ChiefHon’ble Mr. Justice T.S. Sivagnanam
Patron-in-Chief
Executive ChairmanHon’ble Mr. Justice I.P. Mukerji
Executive Chairman
Member SecretaryShri Dev Kumar Sukul
Member Secretary
Address & Contact Details
W.B. State Legal Services Authority, City Civil & Sessions Court Building (1st Floor), 2 & 3, Kiron Sankar Roy Road, KOLKATA - 700001
Phone : (O) 033-22483892
Email : wbstatelegal@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
19 42 19 19
 
Categories 2015-2016 2016-2017 2017-2018 2018-2019
SC 2206 1967 2271 3586
ST 1115 779 1246 1823
BC 1348 - - -
Women 3369 7206 6664 8917
Children 183 478 350 541
In custody 4655 5352 4469 5713
Persons with Disability - 107 91 133
Industrial Workmen - 174 132 119
Transgender - 5 5 13
Victim of Traffincking in
Human Beings or Begar
- 6 12 28
Victim of Mass Disaster
Violence, Flood, Draught
Earthquake and Industrial
Disaster
- 3 1 47
General (whose annual
income does not eceed
the prescribed limit)
- 8084 9080 14191
Others 3851 1144 1580 1124
TOTAL 16727 25305 25901 36235
 
  2016-17 2017-18 2018-19
Programmes held 3366 3268 3477
Persons attended 359974 316452 270551
 
 
  Colleges / Universities Villeges Community Centers Courts Jails JJBs For the people of North-East Others Total
No. of Legal Services Clinics 20 791 109 33 59 17 7 107 1143
No. of persons visited 3221 76462 14124 17362 36811 6094 344 4955 159373
No. of persons provided legal assistance 2975 54420 10568 13751 33782 3039 87 4564 123186
 
National Lok Adalat in 2018
Dates Pre-litigation Post-litigation Total
10.02.2018 3434 5022 8456
22.04.2018 2973 10334 13307
14.07.2018 3968 9351 13319
08.09.2018 3717 7620 11337
08.12.2018 5158 11060 16218
Total 19250 43387 62637
 
 
 
MCPC Non MCPC Total
149 1 150
 
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.)
2016-17 116 23 139 51 6 4130000
2017-18 110 129 239 120 17 25275000
2018-19 136 136 272 198 24 28719806