NEW DELHI: The Department of Justice, Ministry of Law and Justice on Thursday stated that it has provided free legal advice to 13 lakh beneficiaries across the country through the Tele-Law scheme.
The Department further stated that through Tele-Law scheme, it is reaching the unreached and empowering lives with pre-litigation advice.
In this regard, Law and Justice Minister Kiren Rijiju appreciated the achievement and tweeted that, “I’m very encouraged with the efforts to reach the unreached and empowering lives with pre-litigation advice. It’s an accomplishment as 13 lakh beneficiaries were provided with free legal advice, across the country.”
Recently, in November, Kiren Rijiju along with Minister of State for Law and Justice SP Baghel had launched the Citizen’s Tele-Law Mobile App and felicitated the Tele-Law Frontline Functionaries organised by the Department of Justice (DoJ).
According to DoJ, “expanding its reach and ambit the Citizens’ Tele-Law Mobile App intends to widen the access to increased legal information and empowers the masses to identify their problem and chose from appropriate forum of dispute redressal to claim their entitlements and rights by connecting the beneficiary directly to the Panel Lawyer or with an assistance of Para Legal Volunteers, Village Level entrepreneurs, in case of beneficiary who are unable to read or write.”
