VILLUPURAM: Madras High Court Judge M. Jayapal on Saturday inaugurated the Legal Aid Cell building constructed at a cost of Rs. 6 lakh at Tindivanam near here.
Tindivanam MP K. Dhanraj had allotted funds from the MP Local Area Development (MPLAD) Funds.
Mr. Justice Jayapal said that till December 31, 2008 a total of 39,019 Lok Adalats were held in the State. Through these sessions, 3,88,917 cases were adjudicated and compensation of over Rs. 1,631 crore given. As many as 34,019 legal awareness camps were held in villages and 8,02,930 applications received.
As of now, there were 26 Legal Aid Cells in Tamil Nadu. Mr. Justice Jayapal said that for want of judges, over three crore cases were pending disposal across the country.
He stressed the need for conducting more legal awareness camps.
Lok Adalats had enabled the economically weaker sections to get justice at their doorstep.
Villupuram Collector R. Palanisamy had allotted a three-acre land for setting up an integrated court complex in Tindivanam. Mr. Justice Jayapal felt that in the wake of the growing population and increasing number of litigations, there was need for more courts. Hence, an integrated court complex might need at least 10 acres, he said.
He wished that the Collector would identity the required land within a month.
Legal Aid Committee member Judge T. Madhavan said that the Legal Aid Cells were formed to enable the poor and the downtrodden get justice.
Mr. Dhanraj said that from the MPLAD funds, he had taken up 350 works. The most important works were construction of protective walls in vulnerable coastal areas and installation of lightning arrestors, because on an average, 25 persons were killed in lightning in the district.
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