A State Legal Services Authority (SLSA) is constituted for every State/Union Territory under Section 6 of the Legal Services Authorities Act, 1987. The SLSA is headed by the Chief Justice of the High Court of the respective State, as its Patron-in-Chief. SLSAs give effect to the policy and directions of NALSA, and are assigned the following functions under Section 7 of the Legal Services Authorities Act, 1987:
Section 8A of the Legal Services Authorities Act, 1987, provides that the SLSA shall constitute a Committee to be called the High Court Legal Services Committee (HCLSC) for every High Court, for the purpose of exercising such powers and performing such functions as may be determined by Regulations made by the State Authority. It is headed by a sitting Judge of the concerned High Court, as the Chairman. HCLSCs have been established to provide free and competent legal services to weaker sections of the society who wish to file or defend a case in the concerned High Court of a State.
Having sexual intercourse outside marriage is termed as adultery and is a valid ground for divorce without mutual consent
