|
Who
is Entitled to Free Legal Services |
The sections of the society as enlisted under
Section 12 of the Legal Services Authorities Act are entitled for
free legal services, they are : |
a. |
A member of a Scheduled Caste or Scheduled Tribe |
b. |
A victim of trafficking in human beings or begar as
referred to in Article 23 of the Constitution |
c. |
A woman or a child |
d. |
A mentally ill or otherwise disabled person |
e. |
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; or |
f. |
An industrial workman; or |
g. |
In custody, including custody in a protective home within
the meaning of clause (g) of Section 2 of the Immoral Traffic
(Prevention) Act, 1956(104 of 1956); or in a juvenile home within
the meaning of clause(j) of Section 2 of the Juvenile Justice Act,
1986 (53 of 1986); or in a psychiatric hospital or psychiatric
nursing home within the meaning of clause (g) of Section 2 of the
Mental Health Act, 1987(14 of 1987);or |
h. |
In receipt of annual income less than rupees nine thousand
or such other higher amount as may be prescribed by the State
Government, if the case is before a court other than the Supreme
Court, and less than rupees twelve thousand or such other higher
amount as may be prescribed by the Central Government, if the case
is before the Supreme Court. |