The Legal Services Authorities Act, 1987, provides for free legal aid and assistance to women in India
The Legal Services
Authorities Act, 1987, provides for free legal aid and assistance to women in
India who are unable to afford legal representation.
The Act establishes
legal services authorities at the national, state, and district levels to
provide legal aid and assistance to eligible persons, including women.
The Act recognizes the need to protect the
rights of women and to ensure that they have access to justice. It provides for
the appointment of legal aid counsels to represent women in courts and other
legal proceedings.
These legal aid
counsels are paid by the State and are required to provide legal representation
to women free of cost. In addition to legal representation, the Act also
provides for legal awareness programs to be conducted in order to educate women
about their legal rights and to help them understand the legal system.
The objective of these
programs is to empower women to assert their rights and to make the justice
system more accessible to them.
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