The District Legal Aid Committee is solely responsible for providing legal aid at the local level if funds are available from the government. The Committee invites the complainant to apply for legal aid, examines the applications, determines the criteria for granting legal aid and, finally, grants legal aid. The Act provides for the establishment of a legal aid fund at the national and district levels. The council`s fund will come from the government, foreign donations, local institutions, other sources such as organizations or companies, etc. This document explains how legal aid ensures access to justice in Bangladesh. Legal aid is a good practice that can eradicate the exploitation of the poor and ensure the rule of law, equality and justice for all citizens of the State. As owners of the state, the poor have the right to receive legal aid. It is not a mercy or charity of the government. The State is obliged to ensure access to justice for all citizens.

Today, legal aid can rightly be described as an urgent need to ensure social and legal justice in Bangladesh, as most citizens are illiterate and live below the poverty line, which, incidentally, further aggravates the situation. Due to their financial crisis or lack of legal knowledge, they are often denied access to justice. In recognizing legal aid as a right, the Government has enacted a number of laws. This paper attempted to analyse and identify the many legal gaps, gaps and complexities of existing laws relating to legal aid services in Bangladesh and to design a comprehensive solution to deliver the aid programme by adopting qualitative and analytical research methods. This document is prepared to find out how legal aid guarantees access to justice, how there are ways to obtain legal aid, who provides it, the current scenario in Bangladesh, etc. In this document, the entire legal aid management system, its shortcomings, proposals to fill them, legal aid procedures, historical files with many chapters, etc. are very well integrated. The people are the true owners of the State, and the people who act in the service of the Republic are only the servants of the people. It is the duty of the state to eradicate exploitation and guarantee the rule of law, fundamental human rights, equality and access to justice for citizens.

However, these goals cannot be achieved by keeping a significant part of the population below the poverty line. Legal aid is a good practice that can eradicate the exploitation of the poor and ensure the rule of law, equality and justice for all citizens of the State. As the owner of the state, obtaining legal aid is a right of the poor, not a mercy or charity of the government. The State is obliged to guarantee fundamental human rights and access to justice for all citizens. The Constitution of the People`s Republic of Bangladesh, the supreme law of the State, provides the unprecedented basis for the provision of legal aid. It may not be possible to provide legal aid services to the poor, vulnerable and disadvantaged by legislation alone, but this can be achieved by improving and implementing existing legislation. Public awareness is one of the main mechanisms through which the general public is informed of their rights to equality before the law and access to justice. To ensure access to justice and human rights, governmental and non-governmental organizations must work together in raising public awareness and providing legal aid services.

A Government that defends human rights and legal aid and operates in the districts, with the director of the council acting as secretary. All applications for legal aid must be submitted to the National Legal Aid Committee or, where appropriate, to the District Legal Aid Committee. If an application is rejected by the District Committee and the person feels disadvantaged by the decision, the applicant may appeal to the National Legal Aid Committee within 60 days of the District Committee`s decision. Under the provisions of the Legal Aid Act 2000, the District Legal Aid Committee is responsible for providing legal aid to persons who meet the criteria set by the Board of Governors and who are unable to obtain justice because of a financial crisis or various socio-economic reasons. determine the conditions under which a successful applicant will receive legal aid; take initiatives to raise public awareness of the availability of legal aid; carry out the task assigned by the Council; and any other activities necessary to carry out those activities. Legal aid lawyers and the court seized by the applicant will receive all necessary documents and documents relating to the case free of charge, with the exception of court costs. For the purpose of hearing criminal cases before courts other than the High Court Division, lawyers on the rosters are paid at the rate paid by the Deputy Prosecutors and for the conduct of a case before the Supreme Court, up to a maximum of 2000.00 Taka. The Legal Aid Act 2000 provides that the National Legal Aid Organization shall have a Director, appointed by the Government of Bangladesh, who shall be responsible for the implementation of the decisions of the Organization. and shall perform its functions in accordance with the instructions of the Board of Directors. The Legal Aid Act 2000 provides for the establishment of an organization called the National Legal Aid Organization, which organizes and supervises the proper functioning of the Legal Aid Act. The law stipulates that the organization is constituted by publication in the Official Gazette. The candidate must apply in a white paper with their full name and address and the underlying reasons for their candidate.

If the applicant applies for legal aid in a case brought before the Supreme Court, it must be submitted to the president of the organization, but if it is legal aid under a contract, it must be submitted to the president of the president of the commission.