Article 39A of the Constitution of India was added by which of the following amendments?
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 4
The correct answer is Option (4) → 42nd Amendment Act, 1976
Article 39A of the Constitution was inserted by the 42nd Amendment Act in 1976 and it 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.