Details of beneficiaries provided legal aid in Telangana during the last five years, are at Annexure-A.

 The number of Legal Services Clinics functional and persons provided legal assistance in the State of Telangana during the last five financial years are as follows: -  

Year	Number of Legal Service Clinics	Number of Persons provided Legal Assistance
2021-22	383	3,307
2022-23	383	8,406
2023-24	234	13,486
2024-25	234	21,141
2025-26 (upto November, 2025)	314	11,424

Details of cases settled through Mediation in the State of Telangana during the last five years are as follows: -

Year	Number of cases settled through Mediation
2021	627
2022	618
2023	650
2024	699
2025	1,245

 

The National Legal Services Authority (NALSA) is a statuary body established under the Legal Services Authorities (LSA) Act, 1987. NALSA regularly conducts review meetings with State Legal Services Authorities (SLSAs) to assess the impact of legal aid services. Simultaneously, all-India meetings of legal services authorities are held to evaluate the overall functioning of legal services institutions. During these meetings, officials from State and District Legal Service Authorities provide valuable feedback on the effectiveness of legal aid services.

The Government of India is implementing a Central Sector Scheme, Legal Aid Defense Counsel System (LADCS) Scheme across the Country including Telangana through NALSA with an aim to provide free legal aid in criminal matters to the beneficiaries eligible under Section 12 of the LSA Act, 1987. As on 30^th December 2025, Legal Aid Defense Aid Counsel (LADC) offices are functional in 33 districts in the State of Telangana with 141 full time Defence Counsels to provide dedicated legal representation from early stages of criminal cases till the appellate stage.    

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Annexure-A Statement showing the number of persons benefitted through Legal Aid in the State of Telangana during the years 2021 to 2025.     Sl. No District Legal Services Authority 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 Total         1 Adilabad 129 157 156 266 1,007 1,715     2 Bhadradri  Kothagudem 0 0 647 843 1,015 2,505     3 Bhupalapally 0 0 0 0 11 11     4 Bhuvanagiri 0 0 81 84 112 277     5 City Civil Courts Legal Services Authority, Hyderabad 511 711 827 959 723 3,731     6 Hanamkonda 0 0 45 34 74 153     7 High Court Legal Services Committee, Hyderabad. 506 793 628 1,591 1,490 5,008     8 Jagtial 0 0 10 6 23 39     9 Jangaon 0 0 49 24 27 100     10 Jogulamaba Gadwal 0 0 3 4 20 27     11 Kamareddy 0 0 62 68 99 229     12 Karimnagar 1,185 1,579 905 1,074 948 5,691     13 Khammam 309 1,332 1,506 2,837 2,236 8,220     14 Kumurambheem Asifabad 0 0 36 74 127 237     15 Mahabubabad 0 0 39 45 72 156     16 Mahabubnagar 0 0 3,041 2,984 4,557 10,582     17 Mancherial 0 0 30 44 45 119     18 Medak 835 1,353 96 231 413 2,928     19 Medchal Malkajgiri 0 0 104 197 267 568     20 MLSA, Hyderabad 410 4,063 1,276 339 737 6,825     21 Mulugu 0 0 42 28 14 84     22 Nagarkurnool 0 0 162 100 138 400     23 Nalgonda 179 274 267 243 238 1,201     24 Narayanpet 0 0 7 60 51 118     25 Nirmal 0 0 96 160 239 495     26 Nizamabad 94 159 211 142 656 1,262     27 Peddapalli 0 0 41 96 108 245     28 Ranga Reddy 1,257 846 1,979 1,027 1,168 6,277     29 Sanga Reddy 0 0 712 1,075 1,291 3,078     30 Siddipet 0 0 19 109 364 492     31 Sircilla 0 0 28 125 180 333     32 Suryapet 0 0 36 78 330 444     33 Vikarabad 0 0 66 65 146 277     34 Wanaparthy 0 0 35 165 496 696     35 Warangal 75 176 75 65 778 1,169       Total 5,490 11,443 13,317 15,242 20,200 65,692

 

This information was given by the MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) OF THE MINISTRY OF LAW AND JUSTICE; AND MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF PARLIAMENTARY AFFAIRS Shri Arjun Ram Meghwal in Lok Sabha today.

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