The concept of “Equal justice and free legal aid” has been inserted under Article 39-A of the Indian Constitution in the amendment of which year?

1976

Article 39A of the Constitution - inserted by the 42nd Amendment Act in 1976 - directed 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.