As per Section 12 of “The Legal Services Authorities Act, 1987” read with Regulation 9 of “The Delhi Legal Services Authority Regulation, 2002, this Authority provides free Legal Aid to following persons:-
a) A member of a Scheduled Caste or Scheduled Tribe;
b) A victim of trafficking in human beings or beggar as referred to 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.
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; or
f) An industrial workman; or
g) In custody, including custody 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 psychiatric hospital or psychiatric nursing home within the meaning of clause (g) of section 2 of the Mental Health Act, 1987; or
h) In receipt of annual income less than rupees one lakh per annum
(a) Senior Citizen income below Rs. 2 lac per annum
(b) Transgender income below Rs. 2 lac per annum
| Categories |
In 2014 |
In 2015 |
In 2016 till July |
| SC |
12 |
121 |
40 |
| ST |
NIL |
4 |
1 |
| WOMEN |
446 |
690 |
346 |
| CHILDREN |
NIL |
3 |
NIL |
| JC |
1252 |
1444 |
963 |
| HANDICAPPED |
2 |
16 |
5 |
| SENIOR CITIZEN |
13 |
36 |
13 |
| OTHER |
387 |
304 |
142 |
| TOTAL |
2112 |
2618 |
1510 |