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Legal aid reform necessary to safeguard democracy and human dignity
November 01, 2025
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India’s Justice Surya Kant delivers inaugural BASL Human Rights Oration
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THE Bar Association of Sri Lanka (BASL) recently held its inaugural Human Rights Oration at the Dr. H.W. Jayewardene, QC Auditorium in Colombo, featuring Supreme Court of India Senior Most Judge and National Legal Services Authority Executive Chairman Justice Surya Kant, who also serves as Chief Patron of the Commonwealth Legal Education Association (CLEA), as the keynote speaker.
Speaking on the theme “Strengthening a Legal Aid System to Achieve the Human Rights of the Marginalised and Minorities - The Indian Case Study,” Justice Kant outlined India’s pioneering model of legal aid and its constitutional and ethical foundations.
He detailed NALSA's three-tiered structure comprising 37 State Legal Services Authorities, 709 District Authorities, and over 2,000 Sub-Divisional Committees supported by more than 50,000 trained paralegal volunteers.
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