Q9. In India, Legal Services Authorities provide free legal services to which of the following types of citizens?
- A person with an annual income of less than Rs. 1,00,000
- Transgender with an annual income of less than Rs. 2,00,000
- Member of Other Backward Classes (OBC) with an annual income of less than Rs. 3,00,000
- All Senior Citizens
Select the correct answer using the code given below:
(a) 1 and 2 only
(b) 3 and 4 only
(c) 2 and 3 only
(d) 1 and 4 only
Answer: A
- Under the Legal Services Authorities Act, 1987, the National Legal Services Authority, is constituted to provide free legal services to the weaker section of the society and to provide Lok Adalats to settle disputes amicably.
- Statement 1 and statement 2 are correct: The sections of the society as enlisted under Section 12 ofthe Legal Services Authorities Act are entitled for free legal services, they are:
- 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 mentally ill or otherwise disabled person.
- 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 worker.
- Income level: Low income (Annual income less than Rs 1,00,000), Senior citizen (Annual income less than Rs 2,00,000), Transgender (Annual income less than Rs 2,00,000).
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