Madurai :

The Madurai District Legal Services Authority (MDLSA) has set up legal-aid clinics (LACs) at the offices of the top civil and police functionaries in the district. They will function three days in a week at the collectorate and in the offices of commissioner of police (CoP) and the superintendent of police (SP).

Madurai district judge B Gokuldass inaugurated the LACs at the collectorate and the police commissionerate on Wednesday. Chief judicial magistrate S Saravanan Perumal unveiled the clinic  at the SP office in the city. Collector Anshul Misra, commissioner of police S Sanjay Mathur, SP T Jayachandran  and secretary of MDLSA sub-judge Jacintha Martin were present.

MDLSA has been establishing LACs at several places in the district to provide basic legal services to the people. They have come up in Madurai, Vadipatty, Usilampatti, Thirumangalam and Melur taluks where people face geographical, social and other barriers for accessing legal services.

The clinic at the district collectorate will function on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays, while the clinics at the offices of city police commissioner and SP will function on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. Each clinic will work with one legal-aid counsel who will be assisted by a para-legal volunteer trained by the MDLSA, said the sub-judge Jacintha.

With the three new LACs, the Madurai city now has 14 LACs, said the sub-judge. Besides, four more clinics will be set up in this weekend, said the sub-judge.

source: http://www.articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com / The Times of India / Home> City> Madurai / TNN / April 04th, 2013