Which among the following was introduced by the Legal Services Authorities (Amendment) Act, 2002.
(A) Permanent Lok Adalats for public utility services.
(B) Lok Adalats for public utility services.
(C) Promote pre litigation services.
(D) Encourage litigation oriented legal services
(E) Senior citizens were entitled to free legal aid
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 2
The correct answer is Option (2) → (A) and (C) Only
The Parliament of India realized that litigation oriented legal services cannot bring out desired result, therefore, for encouraging pre-litigation legal services specially in public utility service, the Parliament has made certain amendments in Legal Services Authorities Act by passing an Act known as the Legal Services Authorities (Amendments) Act, 2002. The purpose of this amendment is to bring out certain changes in the Legal Services Act, 1987 (hereinafter referred to as the principal Act) especially for the establishment of permanent Lok Adalats to settle disputes concerning public utility services at pre-litigation state.