Out of the following, who is/are entitled to free legal Aid? A. Member of SC/ST Choose the correct answer from the options given below: |
A, B, D only B, C, D only A, B, C only C, D, A only |
A, B, D only |
The correct answer is Option (1) → A, B, D only A corporate employee is not entitled to free legal aid. Criteria for Giving Free Legal Services 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; (f) An industrial workman; (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. |