In India, Legal Services Authorities provide free legal services to which of the following type of citizens?
1. Person with an annual income of less than Rs 1,00,000
2. Transgender with an annual income of less than Rs 2,00,000
3. Member of Other Backward Classes (OBC) with an annual income of less than ₹ 3,00,000
4. All Senior Citizens
Select the correct answer using the code given below:
Answer:
(a)
Difficult
CA
The persons eligible for getting free legal services include: Women and children Members of SC/ST Industrial workmen Victims of mass disaster, violence, flood, drought, earthquake industrial disaster Disabled persons Persons in custody Persons whose annual income does not exceed ₹1 lakh Victims of trafficking in human beings or begar. Therefore statement 1 is correct. Senior citizens’ eligibility for free legal aid depends on the Rules framed by the respective State Governments in this regard. Therefore, all senior citizens are not eligible for free aid. Therefore, statement 4 is not correct. There is free aid to members of SC and ST community but not for OBCs. Hence statement 3 is not correct. There is provision for free legal aid to transgenders upto 2 lakhs in Delhi. (But it is yet to be implemented at an all India level) Hence, (a) seems to be the most appropriate option among the given list.