J&K State Legal Services Authority Jobs - Applications for Engagement as Full Time Legal Aid Lawyers
NOTICE INVITING APPLICATIONS FOR ENGAGEMENT AS FULL TIME LEGAL AID LAWYERS IN LEGAL AID DEFENSE COUNSEL OFFICE IN 10 DISTRICTS OF THE UT OF J&K UNDER SLSA
The State Legal Services Authority, established under the Legal Services Authorities Act, 1987 with mandate to provide free and competent legal services to the underprivileged and disadvantaged sections of the society to ensure that opportunities for securing justice are not denied to any citizen by reason of economic or other disabilities and to secure that the operation of the legal system promotes justice on a basis of equal opportunity to all. Please visit website https://jks/sa.gov.in for full details.
Realising the need to ponder over the reforms required in the Legal Aid Movement of India a new model of Legal Services Delivery, the 'Legal Aid Defense Counsel System' (LADCS), in line with public defender system, is introduced by NALSA. As envisaged, LADCS involve full time engagement of lawyers with support system, dealing exclusively with legal aid work in criminal matters at every stage starting from the pre-arrest, arrest & remand stage to the conclusion of trials and appeals etc. It will enhance the availability and accessibility of Legal Aid in a timely manner and help in creating a mechanism to provide qualitative and competent legal services in a professional manner to underprivileged and disadvantaged section of the society.
The 10 districts shortlisted for introducing this LADCS in first phase may have following no. of LADC lawyers in view of legal aid work in the said districts.
This system will have the effect of enhancing the responsiveness of the Legal Aid Mechanism in country and will ensure accountability on the part of the Legal Aid providers.
SLSA under the aegis of NALSA (www.nalsa.gov.in) is in process of
implementation of LADCS in the aforementioned Districts.
Applications are invited from eligible lawyers having requisite qualifications for Contractual full time engagement for the posts of Chief Legal Aid Counsel, Deputy Chief Legal Aid Defense Counsels, Assistant Legal Aid Defense
Counsels as per scheme in each district proposed herein. The Lawyers so engaged therein will not be allowed to take any other private cases or any other retainership.
The Scheme of engagement along with application form may be downloaded from the official website of SLSA (http:/jkslsa.gov.in) and also from Notice board of DLSA concerned. The duly filled application form along with self-attested copies of documents mnay be submitted to DILSA, wherein the candidate desires to apply through speed post or in an envelope personally in the office of the Secretary, DLSA on or before 5th September 2022 by 17.00 Hrs.
Any application received after due date shall not be considered.
Note: Applying for engagement does not create any right/ assurance whatsoever.
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