::Legal Aid::

Question : What are the reasons in providing legal aid to poor?

Answer :

• Illiteracy.
• Lack of financial resources and social backwardness.
• Lack of courage to exercise legal rights.
• The proclivity to suffer silently the denial of rights.
• Geographical and spatial barriers.

Question : The Philosophy of legal aid should consist of?

Answer :

• Emphasis on the concept of equality of all human beings.
• Adopting universal principles of human rights.
• Free legal aid to the poor and marginalized members of the society.

Question : What are the initiative taken to provide free legal aid?

Answer :

• Enactment of Art 39-A of the constitution.
• Establishment of National legal services Authority (NALSA).

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