Telangana opens ‘aid stations’ for convicts in 16 districts

Hyderabad: New offices of the Legal Aid Defense Counsel System (LADCS) were inaugurated on Monday, from the Central Hall, High Court for Telangana.
Telangana High Court Chief Justice, Justice Ujjal Bhuyan along with Telangana legal services authority, executive chairman, justice P. Naveen Rao have virtually inaugurated the LADCS from the Central Hall of Telangana HC in 16 Districts of Telangana.
Adilabad, Karimnagar, Bhadradri-Kothagudem, Hanumakonda, Jangaon, Mahabubnagar, Nagarkurnool, Nalgonda, Nizamabad, Peddapalli, Sangareddy, Siddipet, Suryapet, Vikarabad, Warangal and Yadadri-Bhuvanagiri were the districts that received new offices.
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Legal Aid is also being provided at pre-arrest, remand, trial and appellate stages in criminal matters.
Justice Naveen Rao further stated that the new LADCS involves full-time engagement of lawyers with a suitable support system and deals exclusively with the Legal Aid work in criminal matters in the district headquarters, where it is situated.