THE SUPREME COURT LEGAL SERVICES COMMITTEE REGULATIONS , 1996 1 — Legal Services Authorities Act, 1987

THE SUPREME COURT LEGAL SERVICES COMMITTEE REGULATIONS , 1996 1 In exercise of the powers conferred by section 29 of the legal Services Authorities Act, 1987, the Central Authority hereby makes the following regulations, namely: 1 . Short title and commencement.—(1) These regulations may be called the Supreme Court Legal Services Committee Regulations , 1996 . (2) They shall come nlo force on the date of their publication in the Official Gazette . 2 . Definitions.—In Ihese Regulations , unless the context otherwise requires,— (a) "Act' ' means Hie Legal Services Authorities Act , 2 [1987| (39 of 1987); (b) "Central Authority " means the National Legal Services Authority constituted under section 3 of the Act; (c) "Chairman " means the Chairman of the Supreme Court Legal Services Committee; (d) "Committee " means the Supreme Court Legal Service Committee; (e) "legal service advocate " means an advocate who has been assigned any work related to legal service; (f) "Legal Service Counsel-cum-Consultanl " means an Advocate appointed as legal sprvirp Coitnspl-ciim-Conmillant bv the Committee; (g) "Member " means the Secretary of the Committee appointed under sub-seclion (3) of section 3A of the Act . 3 . General effect of vesting.—On and from the date of commencement of these regulations,— All the assets , liabilities , rights , title and interest of the erstwhile Supreme Court Legal Aid Committee stand transferred to , and vest in . Supreme Court Legal Services Committee; The staff who have been serving under the erstwhile Supreme Court Legal Aid Committee shall be deemed to be working for the Supreme Court Legal Services Committee; The Committee shall pay the fee bills submitted by the Legal Aid Panel Lawyers for their professional services and all other dues incurred by an