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Notification by the Ministry of Law and Justice (Department of Justice) nominating new Members to the National Legal Services Authority under the Legal Services Authorities Act, 1987.

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The Ministry of Law and Justice, Department of Justice, vide S.O. 4750(E) dated 31st October 2023, in exercise of powers under Section 3(1) and clause (c) of Section 3(2) of the Legal Services Authorities Act, 1987 (39 of 1987) read with Rules 3 and 7 of the National Legal Services Authority Rules, 1995, and in consultation with the Chief Justice of India, amends the principal notification S.O. 582(E) dated 13th August 1997 (previously amended twenty-two times, most recently by S.O. 3048(E) dated 11th July 2023) by substituting serial numbers 5, 6 and 7 with Hon'ble Dr. Justice S. Muralidhar (former Chief Justice, Orissa High Court), Mr. Siddharth Agarwal (Senior Advocate) and Hon'ble Mr. Justice Arun Palli (Judge, High Court of Punjab and Haryana, and Executive Chairman, Haryana State Legal Services Authority) as Members, and substituting serial numbers 9 to 14 with Ms. Meenakshi Arora, Dr. Mrinal Satish (Professor of Law, National Law School of India University, Bangalore), Mr. Siddharth Luthra, Mr. Manan K. Mishra (Chairman, Bar Council of India), Prof. Debasish Basu (PGI Chandigarh) and Prof. Asha Bajpai (Founder Dean, School of Law, Tata Institute of Social Sciences) as Members; the notification bears File No. A-60011/4/2015-LAP(JUS) and is signed by Niraj Kumar Gayagi, Joint Secretary.

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6899 GI/202 3 (1) EXTRAORDINARY PART II —Section 3 —Sub-section ( ii) PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY No. 4562] NEW DELHI, TUES DAY , OCTOBER 31, 2023/ KARTIKA 9, 1945 CG-DL-E-31102023-249814 MINISTRY OF LAW AND JUSTICE (Department of Justice) NOTIFICATION New Delhi, the 31 st October, 2023 S.O. 4750 (E).—In pursuance of sub -section (1) and clause (c) of su b-section (2) of section 3 of the Legal Services Authorities Act, 1987 (39 of 1987), read with rule 3 and 7 of the National Legal Services Authority Rules, 1995, the Central Government, in consultation with the Chief Justice of India, nominates the followi ng Members to the National Legal Services Authority and for that purpose hereby makes the following further amendments in the notification of the Government of India in the Ministry of Law and Justice, Department of Legal Affairs , published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, Sub -section (ii), vide number S.O. 582 (E), dated the 13th August, 1997, namely : - In the said notification, - (i) for serial numbers 5, 6 and 7 and the entries relating thereto, the follo wing serial numbers and entries shall respectively be substituted, namely: - “5. Hon'ble Dr. Justice S. Muralidhar, Former Chief Justice, Orissa High Court -Member 6. Mr. Siddharth Agarwal, Senior Advocate -Member 7. Hon’ble Mr. Justice Arun Palli, Judge, High Court of Punjab and Haryana and Executive Chairman, Haryana State Legal Services Authority -Member”; (ii) for serial numbers 9, 10, 11, 12, 13 and 14 and the entries relatin g thereto, the following serial numbers and entries shall respectively be substituted, namely: - “9. Ms. Meenakshi Arora, Senior Advocate -Member 10. Dr. Mrinal Satish, Professor of Law, National Law School of India U niversity, Bangalore -Member 11. Mr. Siddharth Luthra, Senior Advocate -Member 12. Mr. Manan K. Mishra, Senior Advocate and Chairman, Bar Council of India -Member 13. Prof. Debasish Basu, Professor and Hea d, Department of Psychiatry, PGI, Chandigarh -Member 14. Prof. Asha Bajpai, Founder Dean, School of Law, Tata Institute of Social Sciences -Member”. [F. No. A -60011/4/2015 -LAP (JUS)] NIRAJ KUMAR GAYAGI , Jt. Secy. Note: - The principal notification was published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary vide number S.O. 582(E), dated the 13th August, 1997 and subsequently amended vide:- (1) S.O. 664(E), dated the 18th September, 1997; (2) S.O. 554(E), dated the 7th June, 2000; (3) S.O. 655(E), dated the 11th July, 2000, (4) S.O. 1050(E), dated the 27th September, 2004; (5) S.O. 1682(E), dated the 1st December, 2005; (6) S.O. 284(E), dated the 23rd February, 2007; (7) S.O. 95(E), dated the 7th January, 2009; (8) S.O. 698(E), dated the 6th April, 2011; (9) S.O. 946(E), dated the 11th April, 2013; (10) S.O. 2824(E), dated the 20th September, 2013; (11) S.O. 1448(E), dated the 5th June, 2014; (12) S.O. 2085(E) dated the 20th August, 2014; (13) S.O. 2440(E), dated th e 7th September, 2015; (14) S.O. 364(E), dated 4th February, 2016; (15) S.O. 3506(E), dated 22nd November, 2016; (16) S.O. 1717(E), dated the 30th May, 2017; (17) S.O. 3323(E), dated the 13th October, 2017; (18) S.O. 1492(E), dated the 5th April, 2018; (19) S.O. 1117(E), dated the 1st March, 2019; (20) S.O. 2524(E), dated the 15th July, 2019; (21) S.O. 2916(E), dated the 23rd July, 2021; and (22) S.O. 3048(E), dated the 11th July, 2023. Uploaded by Dte. of Printing at Government of India Press, Ring R oad, Mayapuri, New Delhi -110064 and Published by the Controller of Publications, Delhi -110054.

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