In India, Legal Services Authorities provide free legal services to
In India, Legal Services Authorities provide free legal services to which of the following type of citizens?
- Person with an annual income of less than ₹ 1,00,000
- Transgender with an annual income of less than ₹ 2,00,000
- Member of Other Backward Classes (OBC) with an annual income of less than ₹ 3,00,000
- All Senior Citizens
Select the correct answer using the code given below:
- 1 and 2 only
- 3 and 4 only
- 2 and 3 only
- 1 and 4 only
Answer: A
Explanation
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 beggar.
Senior citizens' eligibility for free legal aid depends on the Rules framed by the respective State Governments in this regard. For example, in Delhi, senior citizens are eligible for free legal aid subject to prescribed ceiling of annual income. 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 up to 2 lakhs in Delhi.
- Exam Year: 2020