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:-
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A member of a Scheduled Caste or Scheduled Tribe;
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A victim of trafficking in human beings or beggar as referred to in article 23 of the Constitution;
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A Woman or a child;
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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.
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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, 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
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In receipt of annual income less than rupees three lakh per annum.
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Senior Citizen income below Rs. 4 lac per annum.
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Transgender income below Rs. 4 lac per annum
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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