Tag: right to information (rti)

The Act covers the whole of India except Jammu and Kashmir, where J&K Right to Information Act  is in force. It covers all constitutional authorities, including the executive, legislature and judiciary; any institution or body established or constituted by an act of Parliament or a state legislature. It is also defined in the Act that bodies or authorities established or constituted by order or notification of appropriate government including bodies "owned, controlled or substantially financed" by government, or non-Government organizations "substantially financed, directly or indirectly by funds"

Each state of India has a chief justice. There is also a chief justice of India who would be the head of judiciary and supreme court. 

The passing of this act gave free legal service to a citizen of India when he or she is unable to bear the expenditure of legal fees.

The passing of this act gave free legal service to a citizen of India when he or she is unable to bear the expenditure of legal fees.

The National legal services day is celebrated on 5th November. 

The National Legal Services Authority (NALSA) has been formed under the Legal Services Authorities Act, 1987 to provide free Legal Services to the weaker sections of the society and to organize Lok Adalats for amicable settlement of disputes.