CRITERIA FOR GIVING LEGAL SERVICES
Every person who has to file or defend a case shall be entitled to legal services if that person, is-
- 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 women 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;
Disability Means:-
- blindness;
- low vision;
- leprosy-cured;
- hearing impairment;
- locomotors disability;
- mental retardation;
- mental illness;
- a person under circumstances of underserved want such as being a victim of a mass disaster, ethnic violence, caste atrocity, flod drought, earthquake or industial disaster;
- an industial workman;or
- a person in custody, including custody in a protective home within the meaning of clause (g) of Section 2 of the Imoral Traffic (Prevention)Act 1956 or in a juvenile Home (Observation Homes, Special Homes, Place of Safety, Children Homes) within the meaning of Section 47,48,49,50 of the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act 2015 or in a psychiatric hospital or psychiatric nursing home within the meaning of Clause (g) of Section 2 of the Mental Health Act 1987
- in case of great public importance; or
- in special case, reasons for which to be recorded in writing which is considered otherwise deserving of legal service;
- Transgender People;
- a Senior Citizen of India who has attained the age of 60 years or above
- Cancer Patient;
- H I V Patient;
- Any citizen of India whose annual income from all sources dose not exceed Rs. 150000/- (One Lakh Fifty thousand) shall be entitled to get legal services
Secretary
H.S.L.S.C.