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. The Central Office of Delhi State Legal Services Authority functions from 3rd Floor, Rouse Avenue District Court Complex, Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Marg, New Delhi, 110002.
For the purpose of administrative convenience and segregation of work & records, Delhi State Legal Services Authority divided into 4 different Wings according to its functions as envisaged in Section 7 of The Legal Services Authorities Act, 1987 read with Regulation No. 4, Delhi State Legal Services Authority Regulations, 2002. The four Wings are as under:-
- Establishment Wing
- Legal Aid Wing
- Lok Adalat Wing
- Legal Literacy Wing
Delhi State Legal Services Authority has also constituted a Committee in High Court of Delhi called High Court Legal Services Committee under section 8A of the Legal Services Authorities Act 1987 as amended by the Legal Services Authorities (Amendment) Act, 2002.
In Delhi there are 11 District Legal Services Authorities established under section 9 of the Legal Services Authorities Act 1987 as amended by the Legal Services Authorities (Amendment) Act, 2002. These District Legal Services Authorities are functional in all the 7 Court Complexes which are as under:
| S.No | Authority | Court | Name of Secretary |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Central DLSA | Tis Hazari Courts | Ms. Helly Fur Kaur |
| 1. | Central II DLSA | Rouse Avenue Courts | Ms. Richika Tyagi |
| 2. | West DLSA | Tis Hazari Courts | Sh. Tushar Gupta |
| 3. | New Delhi DLSA | Patiala House Courts | Sh. Kumar Rahul |
| 4. | East DLSA | Karkardooma Courts | Sh. Lalit Kumar |
| 5. | North-East DLSA | Karkardooma Courts | Sh. Vivek Kumar Agarwal |
| 6. | Shahdara DLSA | Karkardooma Courts | Sh. Anshul Singhal |
| 7. | North DLSA | Rohini Courts | Sh. Ankur Panghal |
| 8. | North-West DLSA | Rohini Courts | Ms. Kanika Jain |
| 9. | South-West DLSA | Dwarka Courts | Sh. Ompal Shokeen |
| 10. | South DLSA | Saket Courts | Ms. Jyoti Maheshwari |
| 11. | South-East DLSA | Saket Courts | Sh. Vinik Jain |