Target Exam

CUET

Subject

Legal Studies

Chapter

Legal Services

Question:

Every person who has to file or defend a case shall be entitled to free legal services under the Legal Service Authorities Act, 1987 if the person is:

A. A woman or a child or even an animal
B. A member of scheduled caste
C. A member of scheduled tribes
D. An individual workman
E. A victim of trafficking in human beings or beggars

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Options:

A only

A, B and C only

C and D only

B, C, D and E only

Correct Answer:

B, C, D and E only

Explanation:

The correct answer is Option (4) → B, C, D and E only

 

Every person who has to file or defend a case shall be entitled to legal services under this Act if that person is-

(a) A member of a Scheduled Caste or Scheduled Tribe; (b) A victim of trafficking in human beings or beggar as referred in article 23 of the Constitution; (c) A woman or a child; (d) A person with disability as defined in clause (i) of section 2 of the Persons with Disabilities (Equal Opportunities, Protection of Rights and Full Participation) Act, 1995 (1 of 1996); (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 in a protective home within the meaning of clause (g) of section 2 of the Immoral Traffic (Prevention) Act, 1956, or in a Juvenile home within the meaning of clause (j) of section 2 of the Juvenile Justice Act, 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.