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What is the News?
The National Commission for Women(NCW) has launched a Legal Aid Clinic.
What is a Legal Aid Clinic?
Launched by: National Commission for Women (NCW) in collaboration with Delhi State Legal Services Authority(DSLSA)
Purpose: It will act as a single-window facility for resolving the grievances of women by offering them free legal assistance.
Located at: The legal aid clinic will operate out of the NCW office in New Delhi.
Services: Under the clinic, counselling will be provided for walk-in complainants, women in distress, advice and information on various schemes of the National Legal Services Authority (NALSA), free legal aid, hearings in matrimonial cases and other complaints registered with the Commission.
Source: This post is based on the article “National Commission for Women Launches Legal Services Clinic in Collaboration with DSLSA” published in PIB on 29th March 2022.
