Introduction
Establishment of Sikkim State Legal Services Authority
The Sikkim State Legal Services Authority was constituted under the Legal Services Authorities Act, 1987, as a separate establishment, vide Notification No. 2/LD/98 dated 09.04.1998, in terms of Section 6 of the Legal Services Authorities Act, 1987, read with Rule 3 of the Sikkim State Legal Services Authority Rules, 1995.
Establishment of District Legal Services Authority & Taluk Legal Services Committee
In terms of Section 9 of the Legal Services Authorities Act, 1987, read with Rule 10 of the Sikkim State Legal Services Authority Rules, 1995, District Legal Services Authorities for all four districts in the State of Sikkim were established in April 1998 by the State Government.
The State Legal Services Authority, in terms of Section 11A(1) of the Legal Services Authorities Act, 1987, constituted Sub-divisional (Taluk) Legal Services Committees at Chungthang in the North, Pakyong in the East, Soreng in the West, Ravangla in the South in November 1998, and Rongli in the East during 2000.
Thereafter, the Sikkim State Legal Services Authority constituted the High Court Legal Services Committee in terms of the powers conferred by Section 8A of the Legal Services Authorities Act, 1987, in April 1998.
