Jharkhand High Court judge and executive chairman of Jharkhand State Legal Service Authority (JHALSA), Justice DN Patel on Monday stated that it was a proud moment for JHALSA to get the best State Legal Service Authority award in Eastern India.
Justice Patel was also full of praise of Mangala Dehri from Dumka who was adjudged the best para-legal volunteers in eastern India saying the man had worked for needy people in remote forests and brought benefits of government schemes to hundreds of them.
Notably, JHALSA received the award from Union Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad in New Delhi on Saturday.
Speaking to media persons on Monday Justice Patel informed that JHALSA has enabled distribution of Rs 14 crores among the victim of crime including naxal and communal violence.
He also mentioned that success rate in mediation in JHALSA has been around 60 percent in 2018. He added the success rate of expert mediators has been also remarkable.
He stated JHALSA has developed training modules for PLVs which has been approved by NALSA and is being followed at the national level. On Mangla Dehri Justice Patel said that he enabled to 250 villagers to get benefit of government schemes. He has also provided legal assistance to 35 people and organized 30 legal service camps. Dehri has also carried sick people on his shoulder for 15 kilometers to admit them into hospitals, he said.