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Constitution of India
Part IV — Directive Principles
Article39A

Equal justice and free legal aid

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.

In plain languageOrientation

Policy should aim at livelihood for all, equal pay ideas, and so distributing community resources that they serve the common good rather than a few owners.

Current official-edition wording. Historical reconstruction is not claimed for this article.

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