Designing Innovative Solutions for Holistic Access to Justice Scheme

Ministry of Law and Justice is implementing the Designing Innovative Solutions for Holistic Access to Justice (DISHA) Scheme launched for a period of five years - 2021-2026 to advance the cause of access to justice.

Aim

It aims to secure “Justice” to the people of India as enunciated in the Preamble and under Articles 39A, 14 and 21 of the Constitution of India. It widens the outreach of its Tele-Law, Pro Bono Legal Services (Nyaya Bandhu) and Legal Literacy and Legal Awareness programmes both qualitatively and quantitatively. It further aims to create awareness and dissemination through use of technology and developing simplified Information, Education and Communication (IEC) material for the masses.

Scope of the scheme

Under DISHA at present Tele-Law: Reaching the Unreached, Nyaya Bandhu (Pro Bono Legal Services) and Legal Literacy and Legal Awareness programmes are being implemented at a pan India level.

• Tele-Law: Reaching the Unreached
  An e-interface platform that aims to empower people through pre-litigation advice for rightfully claiming their entitlements and for timely redressal of their difficulties. It seeks to connect the poor and marginalized sections of society, through a dedicated pool of Panel Lawyers via video conferencing/telephonic facilities available at Common Service Centers (CSCs) and directly through Tele-law portal ; Tele-Law Mobile App (available in Android/iOS).
• Nyaya Bandhu (Pro Bono Legal Services)
  Nyaya Bandhu (Pro Bono Legal Services) aims to create a pan India framework for dispensation of pro bono legal services. Under it, Advocates interested to volunteer their time and services register on the portal or Nyaya Bandhu Mobile App (available in Android / iOS/ UMANG platform) and provide legal assistance to the persons eligible to avail free legal aid under Section 12 of Legal Services Authorities (LSA) Act, 1987 and registered on the Nyaya Bandhu App.
• Legal Literacy and Legal Awareness
  Pan India Legal Literacy and Legal Awareness aims to enable the vulnerable sections of society to have access to information about their legal rights, entitlements and creating better legal awareness so as to make justice delivery system citizen-centric.

Tele-Law 2.0 launched during August 2023 entails the fusion of Tele-Law Services with Nyaya Bandhu pro bono legal services to further enhance citizen accessibility to legal aid. The target is to provide legal aid to 1 crore beneficiaries by 2026.

Source : Ministry of Law and Justice