Part IV · Right to Constitutional Remedies
Article 39A Equal justice and free legal aid.
This article asks the State to make justice equal in practice. The legal system should promote justice on the basis of equal opportunity. The State must provide free legal aid, by law, by schemes, or in any other way. The goal is that no citizen is denied justice for want of money or other disability.
- 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.
What it means
Plain words summary of the article above. Not legal advice.
This article asks the State to make justice equal in practice. The legal system should promote justice on the basis of equal opportunity. The State must provide free legal aid, by law, by schemes, or in any other way. The goal is that no citizen is denied justice for want of money or other disability. The 42nd Amendment inserted this article in 1976.