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 member of a Scheduled Caste or Scheduled Tribe;

  •  A victim of trafficking in human beings or beggar as referred to in article 23 of the Constitution;

  •  A Woman or a child;

  •  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.

  •   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

  •    An industrial workman; or

  •   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

  • In receipt of annual income less than rupees three lakh per annum.

  • Senior Citizen income below Rs. 4 lac per annum.

  • Transgender income below Rs. 4 lac per annum

  • Year-wise data of beneficiaries of free legal services :-

    LEGAL AID BENEFICIARIES(Upto MAY 2022)

    2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
    461 663 800 850 1808 1209 1684 1758 2220 3916 2754 996