I always believed that approaching the Supreme Court was a Herculean task. That I would need to hire an expensive lawyer and other misconceptions. The reality is different. It is with a view to providing easy and inexpensive access to the Supreme Court and giving legal advice that the Supreme Court Legal Services Committee (SCLSC) has been constituted under the Legal Services Authorities Act, 1987.
When can you approach the SCLSC?
You can approach the SCLSC in two situations:
1.You need to file or defend a case in the Supreme Court. This would include:
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- Appeals/Special Leave Petitions, Civil or Criminal, against an order of the High Court.
- Petition for violation or enforcement of your fundamental right. This includes:
- Habeas Corpus petitions- where a close friend or relative is missing or illegally taken away and whose whereabouts you do not know
- Petitions challenging the legality of government action or inaction
- Petitions challenging the legality of a legislation or order of government that violates your fundamental right.
- Petition for transferring a case, civil or criminal, pending in one State to another State within India.
2. You need legal advice regarding your problem.
To file a case you need to fulfill certain eligible criteria. One of them is that you need to be a woman. If the Fundamental Rights of your family are violated by an officer of the law, be it a police officer or a magistrate, then get the women of your family to bring this to the attention of this committee.
Your mom will be the best bet for being eligible for aid as most of our moms are home makers with no sources of income. They’ve raised you to be a decent human being and have sacrificed a lot for us. Tell them that it just another battle as the laws have tied your hands and have deprived you of your ability to fight back.
Like all things in India, don’t expect this to be an easy process. All the same, from what I’ve seen of the Judicial system in India, the higher echelons of the Judiciary are untainted and disciplined. I expect that you’ll get a decent shot at justice.
For obtaining legal advice, you can call at the office of the SCLSC on any working day between 10.30 a.m. and 5 p.m.. Or you could send in a query by post, for which you should receive a reply within fifteen days. If the query is sent by e-mail, you could expect a reply sooner. Again, there are no charges for legal advice.
If you have any queries, you may contact :
The Secretary
Supreme Court Legal Services Committee
109, Lawyers’ Chambers,
Supreme Court Compound,
New Delhi-110 001
Ph. Nos. 23388313, 23073970, 23381257
e-mail : sclsc@nic.in
Here is the link to the site with the FAQ: http://sclsc.nic.in/faq.htm
Here is the link to the site index: http://sclsc.nic.in/
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this is a great aid…the main and only defense people have in a democratic society against oppresion is knowledge…this blog has laid it out so well….
sir, i would like to know the legal imprisonment and fine if my girl friend’s husband make a police complaint against me.
Your question is extremely vague, and open to differing interpretations. Nevertheless, narrowing it down to the most likely (and smutty) scenario, I assume by “girlfriend” you actually mean a married LOVER … in a relationship that is NOT exclusively platonic … And, I gather by “police complaint against me”, you mean for the charge of Adultery.
First, some relevant comments: If my assumption (above) is correct, you’ve been desecrating another man’s most cherished treasure, viz. his honor held in trust with his wife. OK, so what if the custodian of his honor happens to be a free-wheeling slut? You still took a crap on someone else’s prayer rug. Oh, you slime! You sleaze! You snot-ball! You … you … you … You lucky sonnafalitch! You’ve done what most men only dream of doing (and then they wake up apologizing!). Far out, Dude! How about some stroke-by-stroke details over a beer with the guys sometime? (Wink!).
Now, as for “legal imprisonment” – “and fine”, it depends on which part of the world you’re in. If convicted by a Sharia Court, it could range from a swift beheading to death by stoning, or hanging. Or you could be of the lucky few and endure 100 strips from the whip or have your little pecker surgically shortened. At least you’ll have a chance to live.
In India, adultery is also punishable up to 5 yrs. RI, but only for the male perpetrator. Flushing down the toilet any expectation of equity and fair play, Indian law (497 IPC) potentially encourages infidelity in women as she is not punished as an abettor. Perhaps our learned lawmakers are of the opinion that Indian sex is exclusively a “one-man-show”, a male ritual of primeval self-gratification, i.e., Indian women simply lie down passively, unresponsive, and nonchalant chewing “Paan” while the male partner hammers away his favorite beat on the “Tabla”. Could this be the reason why bored “Sathi Savitris” might discretely consider an occasional change of beat? After all, there’s only so much one can take of K.L. Saigal before being pushed onto Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan!
Sifting thru’ the rhetoric, there has to be substantial evidence in aggravation, and not merely the accusation of an irate husband, that’ll get your ass thrown in Prison. The Police will first try and beat you out of a confession. If you don’t confess and don’t sign any statements, they will invent a “Voluntary Confessional Statement” and have it attested by two “impartial” members of the Panchayat (in the Police’s regular employ). You’ll be arrested regardless and remanded on authority of a perjured, exaggerated Police Report. You’ll later be out on bail trying to save face, looking for a new job, and having to finance a lengthy criminal trial.
That was the GOOD NEWS! The BAD NEWS is, it is quite common to see the “girlfriend” doing a total turnaround and becoming the misguided wife again: the “innocent, gullible victim” fallen prey to your devious advances made under threats and coercion. Now, how does the charge of “RAPE” sound?
A complaint alleging rape is a serious matter. Therein is created a cultural supposition that a woman of honor would not normally render her modesty to public scrutiny through a frivolous declaration of rape. But reciprocally, in all fairness, a man of honor would not normally jeopardize his integrity and stellar family reputation by engaging in this vile act. Nevertheless, prevalent societal attitudes here shift the burden of proof automatically to the accused, and the ‘Preponderance of Innocence’, a fundamental maxim of justice, is decisively lost. So much for the Indian Criminal “Justice” System!
Here’s some friendly advice. Let’s be very clear of one important factor: THIS IS NOT A SUBSTITUTE FOR PROFESSIONAL LEGAL ADVICE. First, get yourself a good, reputable lawyer. Someone ethical, who won’t be purchased by your accusers. This, just to hold the fort while you BRIBE YOUR WAY OUT OF THIS MESS with the Police. Bribe the irate husband (make him look like a freaking pimp!), and your “girlfriend”, presently, your ex-girlfriend. Lie to her! Lie. Lie. Lie! Promise her the stars (but give her the boot after this nightmare is through).
And then, my sleazy friend: NEVER, NEVER, NEVER AGAIN piss in the wind toward another man’s domain! It will blow back on you.
Good luck!
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can i start asking you once my name is enrolled in your mailing list.
frustrated with inaction at chennai high court reqeust for a copy of judgement.
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