PROTEST AGAINST IMPLEMENTATION OF LEGAL SERVICES AUTHORITIES (AMENDMENT) ACT, 2002

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LOK SABHA

The Government are aware of the threat by the Bar Council of India to boycott Lok Adalats under the Legal Services Authorities (Amendment) Act, 2002, as it considers the provisions of the said Act as ‘anti-litigant’.

The Government are not aware of similar views on the issue by any public activist group/Consumer Welfare Assocition.

The Supreme Court has, by its Order of October 28, 2002 in S.N. Pandey Vs. Union of India, upheld constitutional validity of the aforesaid Act.

This information was given by the Union Minister of Law and Justice, Shri K. Jana Krishnamurthi in a written reply to a question from Shri Vinay Kumar Sorake in the Lok Sabha today.