Justice Siddharth Mridul has been nominated as the chairman of the Delhi High Court Legal Service Committee (DHCLSC) by Chief Justice D N Patel. The Chief Justice, who is the Patron-in-Chief of Delhi State Legal Services Authority (DSLSA), recommended the name of Justice Mridul, on January 4 this month.
Member Secretary of Delhi State Legal Service Authority (DSLSA) ADJ Sh. Kanwal Jeet Arora, in a letter, requested the Principal Secretary of Law, Justice and Legislative Affairs, Delhi Government, to initiate urgent steps for issuance of notification in respect of appointment of Justice Mridul as Chairman of DHCLSC.
Justice Mridul was elected as a member of Bar Council of Delhi (BCD) for two terms 1992-1998 and 1998 to 2003. He also served as a member of Disciplinary Committee and as Hony. Secretary of Bar Council of Delhi.
Justice Mridul was designated as Senior Advocate in May 2006 and was appointed as Additional Judge of the Delhi High Court on March 13, 2008 and as a Permanent Judge on May 26, 2009.
Justice Mridul hasn’t always had an easy time during his 19 years at the Bar. His father the late Justice Pushp Raj Mridul, Judge Bombay High Court died on 20.09.1984 when he was about to qualify for the Bar and he was saddled with the task of keeping the family together and looking after his younger brother and sister.
While he was practising as an advocate, he was appointed by the high court as a member in various committees to go into the issues of rehabilitation of children after the abolition of child labour, illegal construction in contravention of municipal bye-laws, and member of the committee constituted to suggest, supervise and implement measures for the efficient and hygienic functioning of the Safdarjung Hospital here.
Delhi State Legal Services Authority erstwhile Delhi Legal Aid & Advice Board has been constituted by an Act of Parliament passed under “The Legal Services Authorities Act, 1987” as amended by Legal Services Authorities (Amendment) Act, 2002, to provide free and competent legal service to the weaker sections of the society to ensure that opportunities for securing justice are not denied to any citizen by reason of economic or other disabilities, and to organize Lok Adalats to secure that the operation of the legal system promotes justice on a basis of equal opportunity.
Free legal services can be availed from Delhi State Legal Services Authority, High Court Legal Services Committee and from all the District Legal Services Authorities situated at the premises of Delhi District Court by all the entitled persons as per rules of the act.
