Tele-Law service

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The Union Minister of Law and Justice announced that from this year, Tele-law service was being made free of cost for the citizens in the country.

About Tele-law service

• It is a service that uses video conferencing facilities and telephone services to connect lawyers to litigants who need legal advice. 
• This service aims to reach out to the needy, especially the marginalised and disadvantaged. 
• The service is provided through Common Service Centres or CSCs located at gram panchayat level. 
• It enables anyone to seek legal advice without wasting precious time and money. 
• The service is free for those who are eligible for free legal Aid as mentioned under Section 12 of Legal Services Authorities Act, 1987. 
  • For all others a nominal fee of Rs. 30 is charged.

• It is available in 22 official languages.
• Legal matters in which advice can be taken through Tele-Law service :-

• Dowry, family dispute, divorce, protection from domestic violence.
• Sexual harassment, sexual abuse, eve teasing at the workplace.
• Maintenance of women, children and senior citizens.
• Rights regarding property and land.
• Equal wages for males and females.
• Maternity benefits and prevention of foeticide.
• Prohibition of child marriage, protection of children from sexual assault, prevention of child labour and implementing right to education.
• Arrest – (F.I.R)/ process of registering the First Information Report.
• Atrocities against scheduled castes/ scheduled tribes and their rehabilitation.