Patna High Court's Registrar General has issued a 6-page long Circular Order No. 02/ 2025 dated April 22, 2025 on the subject of Judgment dated October 23, 2024 passed by the Supreme Court of India in Writ Petition (Civil) No. 108.2 of 2020 (Suhas Chakma Versus. Union of India & Ors.) with formats of coversheet. In compliance with the observation made by the Supreme Court in para 34(xvi) of its judgment the following directions are issued:-
1. All courts including the High Court while furnishing the copy of the judgment of conviction/dismissal/reversal of acquittal/dismissal of bail applications, will append coversheets as enclosed herewith, to the judgment informing the convict about the availability of free legal aid facilities for pursuing higher remedies.
2. The coversheet will set out the contact address and phone number of the legal aid .committee attached to the court for seeking appropriate guidance. Similar information will be made· available in the notices issued to the respondents by the concerned courts in appeals against acquittal.
A copy of the circular order has been forwarded to the Secretary General, Supreme Court of India, Principal Secretary to Govt. of Bihar, Home Department, Principal Secretary to Govt. of Bihar, Law Department, Director General of Police, Bihar, I,G. (Prison) and Director, Correctional Services, Bihar, Director, Public Prosecution, Bihar, Director, Bihar Judicial Academy, Patna, Advocate General, Bihar, Additional Solicitor General, Patna High Court, Member Secretary, BSLSA, Patna and Chairman, Bar_Council of Bihar, Patna to forward this letter to all the Bar Associations of the State. It has also been forwarded to all District & Sessions Judges of Bihar-cum-Chairman, DLSA to ·circulate this notification amongst all the Judicial Officers working in their respective Judgeships. It copy has been forwarded to all Officers of the Court, Registrar-cum-Principal Private Secretary to the Acting Chief Justice, Joint Registrar-cum-APPSs; Deputy Registrar-cum-Senior Secretaries; AR-Cum-~Secretaries attached to the Judges of the Court; all Section Officer I/c of the Court and all Court Masters of the Court; for information and necessary action.
Coversheet of the notice to be issued to. the Respondent (In Appeal against acquittal) reads: 'If you are unable to appoint a lawyer for further judicial proceedings to present your case in the Court (Patna High Court) and under Section 12 of the Legal Services Authority Act, 1987 read with Regulation 19 of the Bihar State Legal Services Authority Regulation, 1998 Meets the following criteria/qualifications, then contact Patna High Court Legal Services Committee, Patna. Qualified and experienced lawyers to prepare and file legal documents required for appeals, applications or higher judicial remedies will be made available free of cost. You can also get free legal advice related to your case from qualified and experienced lawyers of Legal Services Committee."
Criteria/Eligibility for availing free legal services
Any citizen of the state of Bihar who fulfills any one of the following criteria/qualifications-
]. A Member of Schedule caste or Schedule Tribe; or,
2. A victim of human trafficking or beggar as referred to in Article 23· of the Constitution or a child;
or,
3. A woman or a child; or,
4. A person with disability as defined in Clause-(i) of Sec.2 of the Persons with Disabilities (Equal
Opportunities, Protection of Rights and Full participations), Act, 1995; (1 of 1996); or,
5. A person under circumstances of undeserved want such as being a victim of a mass disaster,
ethnic violence, caste atrocity, flood, drought, earthquake or industrial disaster; or,
6. An Industrial workman; or,
7. That person is in any kind of custody or psychiatric care home.
8. That person Is mentally ill.
9. A person having annual Income not more than Rs.1,50,000/-; or,
10. A transgender or a Senior Citizen or a person Infected with HIV or suffering from any type of
cancer or a worker in the unorganized sector or victim of the acid attack.
Patna High Court Legal Services Committee, Patna
Ph.No.0612-2504475 & 2504477
E-mail Id.phclsc@gmail.com
Visit Timing- 10:00 AM to 5:00 PM.
Cover sheet attached with Court Judgment/ Order for Jail Inmates reads:"High Court Legal Services Committee, High Court, Patna, Information regarding free legal aid service for jail inmates. You can appeal against this judgement/order. This is your legal right. If you are unable to appoint a lawyer for appeal or further judicial proceedings against the relevant order, you may avail Free Legal Aid facilities through Patna High Court Legal Services Committee. A qualified and experienced lawyer will be provided free of cost to prepare. and file the necessary legal documents for appeal, application or higher judicial remedies. You can also get free legal advice related to your case from the qualified and experienced lawyers of the Legal Services Committee.
Patna High Court Legal Services Committee, Patna
Ph.No.0612-2504475&2504477
E-mail Id.phclsc@gmail.com
Visit Timing- 10:00 AM to 5:00 PM"
Cover sheet attached with Court Judgment/ Order for Jail Inmates, District/Taluk Legal Services Authority/Committee ...... Name of District/Taluk reads: "Information regarding free legal aid service for jail inmates. You can appeal against this judgement/ order. This is your legal right. If you are unable to appoint a lawyer for appeal or further judicial proceedings against the relevant order, you may avail Free Legal Aid facilities through concerned Legal Services Authority/ Committee. A qualified and experienced lawyer will be provided free of cost to prepare and file the necessary legal documents for appeal, application or higher judicial remedies. You can also get free legal advice related to your case from the qualified and experienced lawyers of the Legal Services Committee. District/Taluk Legal Services Authority /Committee......(Name of Dlstrict/Taluk), Ph.No........................E-mail Id.,.,,,,,,,,,Visit Timing:".
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