The Constitution of India

Full Constitution (single-page view)
Updated on 12 January 2019 (up to 103rd amendment)

Home

Article 39A. Equal justice and free legal aid

  1. 1[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.]

  1. [1] Ins. by s. 8 ibid.