Law minister Kiren Rijiju launches Citizens Tele-Law Mobile App
Kiren Rijiju launched a mobile app for department’s Tele-law service, online consultation with empanelled lawyers
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New Delhi, November 13: Law minister Kiren Rijiju launched a mobile app for the department’s Tele-law service, online consultation with empanelled lawyers, saying the government decided to expand it to 75,000 gram panchayats covering all states and Union territories this year.
The Tele-law initiative of Department of Justice was launched in 2017 with goal of strengthening the pre-litigation mechanism and providing free legal aid to poor / marginalised citizens. It has already helped over 12 lakh beneficiaries, including Scheduled Castes / Scheduled Tribes and women.
Rijiju had earlier mentioned that this government is working towards taking the justice-delivery system to the doorstep of the people. Rijiju - who felicitated frontline Tele-law workers assembled here from across the country, said downloading the ‘Citizens Tele-Law Mobile App’ would optimise the citizen-centric justice delivery mechanism.
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The Tele-law app is a first of its kind initiative, wherein anyone can download this application and avail services of a lawyer, according to the law ministry. There will be options provided of availing the services in different languages that could help in reaching out to the remote corners of India through a network of 14 lakh common service centres and para-legal volunteers.
These services are currently available in 51,434 common service centres across 50,000 gram panchayats in 633 districts, said the law ministry. Through Tele-law, the government also provides videoconferencing facilities to connect the beneficiary with the panel lawyer.