Under the Legal Services Authorities Act, 1987, who among the following is not entitled to get free legal services.

Person who fall in creamy layer

The correct answer is Option (4) → Person who fall in creamy layer

Person who fall in creamy layer is not entitled to get free legal services under the Legal Services Authorities Act, 1987.

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.