Legal aid lawyers in India are up in arms over a system that they say is not flourishing. They claim there is little incentive to sign up for cases because they are not paid enough for the hours they put in. They also say that working on legal aid cases is not well regarded.
In the last few years, the National Legal Services Authority (Nalsa) and other state legal authorities have been trying to increase awareness that free legal services are available to the less fortunate sections of the society.
