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 one lakh per annum.
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Senior Citizen income below Rs. 2 lac per annum.
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Senior Citizen income below Rs. 2 lac per annum.
- Year-wise data of beneficiaries of free legal services as under:-
Year No. of Beneficiaries of free legal services 2008 65 2009 406 2010 755 2011 1384 2012 1933 2013 2161 2014 2126 2015 2127 2016 2606 2017 3371 2018 4492 2019 4940 2020 (Till 31st Jan) 368