Article 39A which deals with free legal aid was inserted in the Constitution of India by which of the following amendment?
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 2
Article 39A of the Constitution - inserted by the 42nd Amendment Act in 1976 -
offered a remedy to this problem by directing the state to provide free legal aid by
suitable legislation or schemes or in any other way, to ensure that opportunities to
secure justice are not denied to any citizen by reason of economic or other disabilities.
Legal aid schemes were floated across states through legal aid boards, societies and
law departments thereafter.