The Provision of Free Legal Aid in India (original) (raw)

One of the basic human rights of an individual irrespective of their age, caste, colour, nationality or any other status, is to have access to justice. All other rights lose their purpose without access to justice. An individual may have all other rights, though, if they don’t have an authority that looks after those rights and they cannot get those rights enforced at the time of need, all the rights would be useless making arbitrary violation of rights prevalent. Though said like a simple statement, the word ‘justice’ in itself is a multi-faceted term and needs to be understood from various angles. One of the basic requirements of having access to justice and getting justice in times of need is that the citizens of the State must be legally aware. Also, ‘access to justice’ means that a person must have access to the means to plead justice. First of all, individuals need to completely know and understand their rights and duties. Furthermore, they must be able to present themselves i...