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    In a message to the people, the Chief Justice of India, Shri Justice S.P. Bharucha, who is also Patron-in-Chief of the NALSA, has called for making the deprived poor aware of the provision of free legal aid services for them through nationwide awareness campaign by NALSA, legal fraternity and State Level Legal Services Authorities. The senior most judge of the Supreme Court of India, Shri Justice B.N. Kirpal, in his capacity as Executive President of NALSA has reaffirmed the commitment of the judiciary to provide competent and effective legal services to the people especially to the weaker sections of the society. He has also called for accelerating the process of organizing Lok Adalats to resolve various disputes and cases amicably.

    Legal Services Day is being celebrated all over the country today at the apex by NALSA and at the States level by the State Legal Services Authorities. Various meetings are held between the Bar and the Bench wherein the commitment and abiding faith in adjudicating disputes and cases through the prevailing scheme of legal aid services to the Poor are being reiterated with a renewed vigour and commitment at the grassroots level.