Over 11 lakh people received legal aid free of cost
Staff Correspondent
Some 11,10,036 people have so far received legal help from the National Legal Aid Services Organization (NLASO) at the government expenditure since 2009 till September this year.
The organization today published the information in its website.
The organization has settled 2,03,032 cases by providing legal assistance in the last 15 years.
The organization has so far given 4,42,696 legal advices, the report said, adding that the organization has realized Taka 217 crore, 59 lakh,61 thousand and 858 as compensation by settling legal aid related cases and rewarded the money to victims.
Of the total 11,10,036 legal aid recipients, 28,016 got services from the Supreme Court Legal Aid Office, 8,74,661 from 64 district legal aid offices, 28,853 from the Employees Legal Aid Office in Dhaka and Chattogram while 1,78,506 from the toll free hotline call centre.
Besides, 17,328 more people received legal help from the office before introducing the national help line.
The organization has solved 1,29,038 cases through alternative dispute resolution(ADR) service.
The government has been providing legal assistance to the financially insolvent and poor people through the NLASO.
