Legal Services includes providing Free Legal Aid to those weaker sections of the society who fall within the purview of Section 12 of the Legal Services Authority Act, 1987.
2. Who is Entitled to Free Legal Services?
The sections of the society as enlisted under Section 12 of the Legal Services Authorities Act are entitled for free legal services, they are:
(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 mentally ill or otherwise disabled person;
(e) 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
(f) An industrial workman; or
(8) In custody, including custody in a protective home within the meaning of clause ( (g) of Section 2 of the Immoral Traffic (Prevention) Act, 1956 / 104 of 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 ( 8 ) of Section 2 of the Mental Health Act, 1987(14 of 1987 ) or
(h) a person in receipt of annual income less than the amount mentioned in the following schedule (or any 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 Rs 5 Lakh, if the case is before the Supreme Court.
Member of OBC is not mentioned anywhere, reference has been made to SC and ST. So, statement 3 is incorrect.
Senior citizens’ eligibility for free legal aid depends on the Rules framed by the respective State Governments in this regard. Hence, Statement 4 is incorrect.
Hence, the correct answer is option A. .