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Who is Entitled to Free Legal Services |
The sections of the society as enlisted under Section 12 of the Legal Services Authorities Act are entitled for free legal services, they are :
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A member of a Scheduled Caste or Scheduled Tribe |
B. |
A victim of trafficking in human beings or begar as referred to in Article 23 of the Constitution |
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A woman or a child |
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A mentally ill or otherwise disabled person |
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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; or |
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An industrial workman; or |
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In custody, including custody in a protective home within the meaning of clause (g) of Section 2 of the Immoral Traffic (Prevention) Act, 1956(104 of 1956); or in a juvenile home within the meaning of clause(j) of Section 2 of the Juvenile Justice Act, 1986 (53 of 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(14 of 1987);or |
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In receipt of annual income less than Five Lakh Rupees. |