Entitlement to Free Legal Aid
Inadequate representation of case before the court due to lack of legal assistance is a very big reason for injustice and delayed justice. Providing free legal aid to those people who can’t afford the legal assistance in the eyes of the law as mentioned under section 12 of the Act is a positive step towards imparting of justice on equitable basis.
People entitled to free legal services:
· A member of a Scheduled Caste or Scheduled Tribe
· A victim of trafficking in human beings or beggar as referred in article 23 of the Constitution;
· A woman or a child; · A person with disability as defined in clause (i) of section 2 of the Persons with Disabilities (Equal Opportunities, Protection of Rights and Full Participation) Act, 1995 (1 of 1996)
· A person under circumstances of undeserved want such as being a victim of a mass disaster, ethnic violence, caste atrocity, flood, drought, earthquake or industrial disaster;
