Law Ministry launches digital initiatives for legal access in rural areas

The Department of Justice (part of the Ministry of Law and Justice) launched three empowerment initiatives on Thursday to promote pro-bono legal aid, improve access to legal services and decrease pendency of cases in rural areas. Flagging off the populist schemes, Ravi Shankar Prasad, Minister of Law & Justice, said that the programs were an attempt to further the department's core mandate of enhancing 'access to justice' in poor and vulnerable communities and deliver this right to citizens.

The three initiatives are - pro-bono legal services, tele law and Nyaya Mitra.

Hailing the programs as a furtherance of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Digital