Article 39A was inserted in the Constitution of India by the 42nd Amendment Act with provision to provide free legal aid as a

Directive Principles of State policy

The 1976 amendment of the Constitution inserted Article 39-A in the Constitution which is as follows: equal justice and free legal aid " The State shall secure that the operation of the legal system promotes justice, on a basis of equal opportunity, and shall, in particular, provide free legal aid, by suitable legislation or schemes or in any way, to ensure that opportunities for securing justice are not denied to any citizen by reason of economic or other disabilities."

Article 39-A falls in Directive Principles of State Policy.