Free Legal Aid

Part-IV of the Constitution of India, laying down the Directive Principles of State Policy, provides for free legal aid as under:

Article 39A. Equal justice & free legal aid: The State shall secure that the operation of the legal system promotes justice, on a basis of equal opportunity, & shall, in particular, provide free legal aid, by suitable legislation or schemes or in any other way, to ensure that opportunities for securing justice are not denied to any citizen by reason of economic or other disabilities.

In furtherance of the constitutional mandate, the Legal Services Authority Act, 1987 had been enacted to provide legal aid to the weaker sections of the society & also to organise Lok Adalats with a view of speedy & amicable settlement of disputes between the parties. We, at Lex Commerci are committed to spread awareness about the rights of the persons who are entitled to obtain free legal services. Such persons include:

• Women & Children
• Members of Scheduled caste or
• Scheduled Tribes
• Industrial Workmen
• Persons with Disability
• Persons in Custody
• Victims of Human trafficking
• Victims of Natural Disasters,
• Ethinic/caste violence, Industrial Disaster
• Persons with an annual income of less than Rs 1,00,000/- Or as notified by the Central/State Governments

In case you seek any information with respect to free legal aid under Legal Services Authority Act, 1987, please feel free to write to us/ contact us.