Which of the following committees was formed by the Central Government with the object of providing free legal aid programme applicable throughout the country?

Committee on National Implementation of Legal Aid

In 1960, the Union Government initiated the national legal aid scheme which faced financial shortages and died a natural death. In 1973, in the second phase, the Union Government constituted a committee under the chairmanship of Justice Krishna Iyer to develop a legal aid scheme for states. The Committee devised a strategy in a decentralized mode with legal aid committees in every district, state and the centre. A committee on judicature was set up under the chairmanship of Justice P N Bhagwati to implement the legal aid scheme. In 1980, the Committee on National Implementation of Legal Aid was constituted with Justice Bhagwati was its head.