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Q99 (IAS/2020) Polity & Governance › Governance, Policies & Social Justice › Rights-based legislations Official Key

In India, Legal Services Authorities provide free legal services to which of the following type of citizens ? 1. Person with an annual income of less than ₹ 1,00,000 2. Transgender with an annual income of less than ₹ 2,00,000 3. Member of Other Backward Classes (OBC) with an annual income of less than ₹ 3,00,000 4. All Senior Citizens Select the correct answer using the code given below :

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The correct answer is Option 1 (1 and 2 only). Under the Legal Services Authorities Act, 1987, free legal aid is provided to specific marginalized sections to ensure justice for all, as mandated by Article 39A of the Constitution.

  • Statement 1 is correct: Generally, persons with an annual income of less than ₹ 1,00,000 (though states can increase this limit) are eligible.
  • Statement 2 is correct: Various State Legal Services Authorities have extended eligibility to Transgenders; for instance, in many states/UTs (like Delhi), the income limit for them is ₹ 2,00,000.
  • Statement 3 is incorrect: The Act does not specifically categorize "OBCs" as eligible based on a ₹ 3,00,000 limit. Eligibility is primarily for SC/STs, regardless of income, or other citizens based on lower income thresholds.
  • Statement 4 is incorrect: Not "all" senior citizens are eligible; their eligibility is subject to income limits prescribed by respective State Governments.
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Q. In India, Legal Services Authorities provide free legal services to which of the following type of citizens ? 1. Person with an annual in…
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This question masquerades as a statistical nightmare but is actually a test of Section 12 of the Legal Services Authorities Act, 1987. You didn't need to know the exact Transgender limit. You just needed to know that 'All Senior Citizens' is false (they are means-tested) and 'OBCs' don't have a special higher bracket in this Act (unlike SC/STs who are exempt). Elimination kills options B, C, and D.

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Statement 1
Are persons in India with an annual income of less than ₹1,00,000 eligible for free legal services under the Legal Services Authorities scheme?
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Indian Polity, M. Laxmikanth(7th ed.) > Chapter 38: Lok Adalats and Other Courts > NATIONAL LEGAL SERVICES AUTHORITY' > p. 375
Presence: 5/5
“• (iv) Victims of mass disaster, violence, flood, drought, earthquake, industrial disaster • (v) Disabled persons • (vi) Persons in custody • (vii) Persons whose annual income does not exceed ~1 lakh (in the Supreme Court Legal Services Committee, the limit is ~5,OO,OOO .) • (viii) Victims of trafficking in human beings or beggar.”
Why this source?
  • Explicitly lists as an eligible category: persons whose annual income does not exceed ₹1 lakh.
  • Gives the income-based threshold used by Legal Services Committees and contrasts it with the Supreme Court committee limit, confirming the ₹1 lakh cutoff for ordinary committees.
Laxmikanth, M. Indian Polity. 7th ed., McGraw Hill. > Chapter 38: Lok Adalats and Other Courts > NATIONAL LEGAL SERVICES AUTHORITY' > p. 374
Presence: 3/5
“-l NATIONAL LEGAL SERVICES AUTHORITY' Article 39A of the Constitution of India provides for free legal aid to the poor and weaker sections of the society and ensures justice for all. Further, Articles 14 and 22(1) of the Constitution also make it obligatory for the State to ensure equality before law and a legal system which promotes justice on the basis of equal opportunity to all In every State, a State Legal Services Authority and in every High Court, a High Court Legal Services Committee have been constituted. The District Legal Services Authorities, Thuluk Legal Services Committees have been constituted in the districts and most of the Thuls to give effect to the policies and directions of the NLSA and to provide free legal services to the people and conduct Lok Adalats in the State.”
Why this source?
  • States that Article 39A provides for free legal aid to the poor and weaker sections, establishing the constitutional and institutional basis for free legal services.
  • Describes the National, State, High Court and District Legal Services Authorities set up to provide free legal services, linking the income-based eligibility to the functioning authorities.
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