Out of the following, who is/are entitled to free legal Aid?
A. Member of SC/ST
B. Woman or child
C. A corporate employee
D. Industrial workman
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 1
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.