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    Question

    As per the Legal Service Acuthorities Act every person

    who has to file or defend a case shall be entitled to legal services under this Act if that person is__________________
    A A woman or a child Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    B A member of a Scheduled Caste or Scheduled Tribe Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    C A victim of trafficking in human beings or begar as referred to in Article 26 of the Constitution Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    D Both a & b Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    E All a b & c Correct Answer Incorrect Answer

    Solution

    Section 12. Criteria for giving legal services.—Every person who has to file or defend a case shall be entitled to legal services under this Act if that person is— (a) a member of a Scheduled Caste or Scheduled Tribe; (b) a victim of trafficking in human beings or begar as referred to in article 23 of the Constitution; (c) a woman or a child; (d) a person with disability as defined in clause (i) of section2 of the Persons With Disabilities (Equal Opportunities, Protection of Rights and Full Participation) Act, 1995; (e) a person under circumstances of underserved want such as being a victim of a mass disaster, ethnic, violence, caste atrocity, flood, drought, earthquake or industrial disaster; or (f) an industrial workman; or (g) in custody, including custody in a protective home within the meaning of clause (g) of section2 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 (53 of 1986), or in a psychiatric hospital or psychiatric nursing home within the meaning of clause (g) of section2 of the Mental Health Act, 1987; or 1 [(h) in receipt of annual income less than rupees nine thousand or such other higher amount as may be prescribed by the State Government, if the case is before a court other than the Supreme Court, and less than rupees twelve thousand or such other higher amount as may be prescribed by the Central Government, if the case is before the Supreme Court.

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