This document is a notification from the Ministry of Law and Justice, Department of Justice, published in the Gazette of India on December 27, 2018. It announces the Supreme Court Legal Services Committee Amendment Rules, 2018. These rules amend the Supreme Court Legal Services Committee Rules, 2000, specifically rule 7, by increasing the financial eligibility limit from Rs. 1,25,000 to Rs. 5,00,000. The amendment is enacted under the powers conferred by section 27 of the Legal Services Authorities Act, 1987, and with the consultation of the Chief Justice of India. The amendment came into force on the date of its publication. The notification number is G.S.R. 1237(E), and it is signed by Sushma Taishete, Joint Secretary. The principal rules were initially published on July 3, 2000, vide G.S.R. 582(E) and last amended on November 14, 2011, vide G.S.R. 807(E).
Key Entities Referenced
Legal Services Authorities Act, 1987: An act of the Indian Parliament that empowers the Central Government to make rules related to legal services authorities.
Central Government: The executive authority of the Government of India.
Chief Justice of India: The head of the Indian judiciary and the Supreme Court.
Supreme Court Legal Services Committee Rules, 2000: Rules pertaining to the Supreme Court Legal Services Committee.
Supreme Court Legal Services Committee Amendment Rules, 2018: Amendment rules to the Supreme Court Legal Services Committee Rules.
Ministry of Law and Justice: A ministry of the Government of India.
Department of Justice: A department within the Ministry of Law and Justice.
New Delhi: The capital of India.
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7593 GI/2018 (1)2 THE GAZETTE OF INDIA : EXTRAORDINARY [PART II—SEC. 3(i)]
MINISTRY OF LAW AND JUSTICE
(Department of Justice)
NOTIFICATION
New Delhi, the 27th December, 2018
G.S.R. 1237(E).—In exercise of the powers conferred by section 27 of the Legal Services Authorities Act, 1987
(39 of 1987), the Central Government, in consultation with the Chief Justice of India, hereby makes the following rules
further to amend the Supreme Court Legal Services Committee Rules, 2000, namely :-
1. (1) These rules may be called the Supreme Court Legal Services Committee (Amendment)
Rules, 2018.
(2) They shall come into force on the date of their publication in the Office Gazette.
2. In the Supreme Court Legal Services Committee Rules, 2000, in rule 7, for the letters, figures, brackets and
words “Rs.1,25,000 (Rupees One lakh twenty-five thousand)", the letters, figures, brackets and words "Rs.5,00,000
(Rupees five lakh)" shall be substituted.
[F. No. A-60011/33/2018-LAP(JUS)]
[SUSHMA TAISHETE, Jt. Secy.
Note :- The Principal Rules were published vide G.S.R. 582 (E), dated the 3rd July, 2000, published in the Gazette of
India, Extraordinary, Part-II, Section-3, Sub-section (i), dated the 3rd July, 2000 and last amended vide G.S.R.
807 (E), dated the 14th November, 2011.
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