Thursday, October 4, 2012

HSLSA to give Rs 1000 to village chowkidars

by Haryananewswire
CHANDIGARH, OCT 4
Haryana State Legal Services Authority (HSLSA) has decided to  give an honorarium of Rs 1000 per month to the Chowkidars of all the villages in which legal aid clinics have been set up in the State.This would be in addition to Rs 2000 already being given to them by the State Government.
            While stating this today, a spokesman of HSLSA said that the Chowkidars of concerned villages would help para-legal volunteers during the meetings of legal aid clinics and the advocates appointed on panel by the Authority. They would also disseminate all the information regarding the meeting to the people. He said that earlier the Chowkidars were given Rs 2000 as monthly honorarium and now additional honorarium of Rs 1000 would be given to them.
            He said that allowances and fee of advocates and para-legal volunteers working in HSLSA has also been increased. Now, para-legal volunteers would be given Rs 3000 for pleading in lower courts and Rs 5000 per case for pleading in sessions  court. Earlier they were getting Rs. 1500 and Rs 2200 respectively.
He said that advocates of legal aid clinics would be given Rs 500 per day and Rs five per km as travel allowance. Similarly, para-legal volunteers would be given Rs 250 per meeting.

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