<span style="color: #222222;">The National Legal Services Authority (NALSA) observed Legal Services Day at Greater Noida in Uttar Pradesh today. An iOS Mobile App was also launched on the occasion. Speaking on this occasion, Chief Justice of India and Patron-in-Chief of NALSA Justice N. V. Ramana lauded NALSA's role in spreading legal awareness and upholding justice for the poor and the needy. He recalled the legal services movement during the period of freedom struggle. Justice Ramana added that earlier the service of legal aid was confined to the courtroom and now it has expanded to legal awareness, legal literacy, social action litigation, and alternative dispute resolution mechanism. He said a new building for the Mediation Centre was also inaugurated in the Supreme Court premises. He urged the law students to be the voice of those who have none and be alert about the social problems and act to solve them.<br />''<br />''Addressing the gathering, Union Minister of Law and Justice  Kiren Rijiju commended the legal services authorities for their initiatives and measures taken for spreading legal awareness in each part of the country. He said, Judges are busy with their work of hearing the cases and so services of NALSA are required to spread the legal awareness to the citizens. He also said that a strong judiciary is required for democracy to be robust.</span><br />