Constitution Section 39A — Equal justice and free legal aid

Part IV — DIRECTIVE PRINCIPLES OF STATE POLICY

Constitutional

Summary

The State must make sure that the legal system works in a way that gives everyone a fair chance at justice. It must especially provide free legal help, through laws or programs or other means, so that no citizen is denied access to justice because of poverty or other disadvantages.

Official Text

The State shall secure that the operation of the legal system promotes justice, on a basis of equal opportunity, and shall, in particular, provide free legal aid, by suitable legislation or schemes or in any other way, to ensure that opportunities for securing justice are not denied to any citizen by reason of economic or other disabilities.