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The Centre has notified DISHA 2.0 — Designing Innovative Solutions for Holistic Access to Justice — a Central Sector Scheme running 2026-31, covering all of India including every district of Gujarat.
The scheme bundles four components: Tele-Law, Nyaya Bandhu, a Legal Literacy and Legal Awareness Programme, and the VIDHI-Sanjeevani monitoring dashboard.
Progress will be tracked through VIDHI-Sanjeevani's centralised dashboard alongside review meetings, field visits and regional workshops run by a dedicated Programme Management Unit.
Free pre-litigation legal advice to citizens
Key: Delivered via video-conferencing/telephone through panel lawyers, originally rolled out by the Department of Justice and relaunched as Tele-Law 2.0 in August 2023
Connect eligible litigants with volunteer pro-bono lawyers
Key: Launched by the Department of Justice in April 2017; eligibility is based on Section 12 of the Legal Services Authorities Act, 1987; matching is app-based
Spread awareness of legal rights and entitlements, especially among weaker sections
Key: Delivered through legal literacy clubs, camps and outreach material at the grassroots
Apex statutory body coordinating free legal aid across India; DISHA 2.0's components are delivered through NALSA's existing machinery
Constitutes NALSA and the three-tier State/District Legal Services Authorities; Section 12 defines eligibility for free legal aid — the same criterion Nyaya Bandhu applies
Free legal aid in India runs through a pyramid set up under the 1987 Act: NALSA at the national level, State Legal Services Authorities (SLSA) headed by the Chief Justice of the respective High Court, and District Legal Services Authorities (DLSA) headed by the District Judge. DISHA 2.0's components are delivered through this existing three-tier machinery rather than a new bureaucracy.
Simple Analogy: It mirrors the health system's national-state-district hierarchy — each tier handles what is closest to the citizen.
GS Paper 2 > Polity > Legal Services & Access to Justice
Recurring — legal aid architecture (NALSA/Nyaya Bandhu/Tele-Law) is a standing polity topic
Designing Innovative Solutions for Holistic Access to Justice — a Central Sector Scheme (2026-31) for tech-enabled legal aid delivery
Pro-bono legal services programme launched April 2017, matching eligible litigants under Section 12 of the LSA Act, 1987 with volunteer lawyers